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Definition: EPITOMIZING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To recap. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To outline. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To condense. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To abridge, recapitulate, summarize or resume.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Present participle conjugation of the verb epitomize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(epitomize)
1. Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of.[Wordnet].
2. 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.[Websters].
3. To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: epitomizing, epitomized, epitomizes, epitomizer, epitomizers, epitomizingly and epitomizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Epitomizing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: EPITOMIZING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Abridging; shortening; making a summary.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of epitomize. (references)

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Definition: EPITOMIZING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To recap. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To outline. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To condense. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To abridge, recapitulate, summarize or resume.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Present participle conjugation of the verb epitomize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(epitomize)
1. Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of.[Wordnet].
2. 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.[Websters].
3. To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: epitomizing, epitomized, epitomizes, epitomizer, epitomizers, epitomizingly and epitomizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "EPITOMIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: EPITOMIZING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Abridging; shortening; making a summary.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of epitomize. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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