epitomize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
    typify; epitomise.
    • The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition

WordNet

E*pit"o*mize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Epitomized ; present participle & verbal noun Epitomizing
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913