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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Epitome \E*pit"o*me\, n.; pl. Epitomes. [L., fr. Gr. ? a
surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. ? to cut into,
cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. ['e]pitome.
See Tome.]
1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced
within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a
brief summary; an abridgement.
[1913 Webster]
[An] epitome of the contents of a very large book.
--Sydney
Smith.
[1913 Webster]
2. A compact or condensed representation of anything;
something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the
qualities of a class.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
An epitome of English fashionable life. --Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]
A man so various that he seemed to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome. --Dryden.
Syn: Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis;
abbreviature. See Abridgment.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Epitome \E*pit"o*me\, n.; pl. Epitomes. [L., fr. Gr. ? a
surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. ? to cut into,
cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. ['e]pitome.
See Tome.]
1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced
within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a
brief summary; an abridgement.
[An] epitome of the contents of a very large book.
--Sydney
Smith.
2. A compact or condensed representation of anything.
An epitome of English fashionable life. --Carlyle.
A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but
all mankind's epitome. --Dryden.
Syn: Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis;
abbreviature. See Abridgment.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
epitomes
n.
(plural of en epitome)
Spanish vb.
(es-verb form of: epitomar)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
epitomes
n.
(plural of en epitome)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
epitomes
n.
(plural of en epitome)
Spanish vb.
(es-verb form of: epitomar)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
epitomes
n.
(plural of en epitome)
Spanish vb.
(es-verb form of: epitomar)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
epitomes
Englanti n.
(en-monikko e pitome)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
epitomes
n.
(böjning sv subst epitome)
From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]
epitomes
n.
(böjning sv subst epitome)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Epitomes /ɪpˈɪtəmˌɪz/
الخلاصات
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
epitomes /ɪpˈɪtəmˌɪz/
Auszüge , Abrisse
Synonym: abstracts
see: abstract, epitome, abstract
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