English Dictionary: epitome | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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. [82]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}. |