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Epitomizing

Epitomize \E*pit"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Epitomized; p. pr. & vb. n. Epitomizing.]

  1. To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin.

  2. To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words. [Obs.]
    --Addison.

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epitomizing

vb. (present participle of epitomize English)

Usage examples of "epitomizing".

The effect, in its own way, was like that of a beautiful Japanese garden, where nature and art have been brought together in a common statement harmonizing and epitomizing both.

There was about the man himself a genuinely comforting quality, epitomizing all that was sure and certain and humane about the British way of life.