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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  epitome
       n 1: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good
            breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the
            good father" [syn: prototype, paradigm, image]
       2: a brief abstract (as of an article or book)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  epitome
     Latin n.
     epitome#English, abridgement, synopsis
     Maltese n.
     (l 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 ]


  epitome
     n.
     1 The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
     2 A representative example.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  epitome
     Latin n.
     epitome#English, abridgement, synopsis
     Maltese n.
     (l 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 ]


  epitome
     Latin n.
     epitome#English, abridgement, synopsis
     Maltese n.
     (l 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 ]


  epitome
     Englanti n.
     1 tyypillinen esimerkki, malliesimerkki
     2 ruumiillistuma
     3 tiivistelmä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  epitome
     n.
     (tagg: mindre brukligt) sammandrag, utdrag, resumé

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  epitome
     n.
     (tagg: mindre brukligt) sammandrag, utdrag, resumé

From German-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.5 : [ freedict:deu-nld ]


  Epitome /ˌeːpiːtˈoːmə/
  uittreksel

From German-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:deu-por ]


  Epitome /ˌeːpiːtˈoːmə/
  epítome

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  Epitome /ɛˈpitomeː/ 
  epitom
  Auszug aus einem Schriftzug ‒ zu verstehen als eine Art von Zusammenfassung, die nur die zentrale Aussage und ihre praktische Konsequenz enthält zum Beispiel einem Artikel vorangestellter Kurztext im Journalismus

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Epitome /ɪpˈɪtəmˌɪ/
  الخلاصة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  epitome //əˈpɪt.ə.mi// //ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi// 
  1. въплъще́ние
  embodiment or encapsulation of
  2. резюме
  summary