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Synonyms for epitomize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-pit-uh-mahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈpɪt əˌmaɪz

Top 10 synonyms for epitomize
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Définition of epitomize

Origin :
  • 1590s, "shorten, condense," from epitome + -ize. Meaning "typify, embody" is from 1620s. Related: Epitomized; epitomizing; epitomizes.
  • verb typify
  • verb encapsulate
Example sentences :
  • "You epitomize it beautifully," said Mr. Caryll, with a reversion to his habitual manner.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • They epitomize all the thought, passion, and poetry of a nation and of a period.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 » by Elizabeth Bisland
  • They epitomize the moral and intellectual life of the artist.
  • Extract from : « Baudelaire: His Prose and Poetry » by Charles Baudelaire
  • Doesn't that epitomize the contempt of the highlander for the lowlander?
  • Extract from : « In the Oregon Country » by George Palmer Putnam
  • But did he epitomize all science in his own person as Hippocrates did and Galen and Aristotle?
  • Extract from : « The Atheist's Mass » by Honore de Balzac
  • Perhaps the tendency of modern journalism is to epitomize too much.
  • Extract from : « Remarks » by Bill Nye
  • And what a little thing thus to epitomize the whole hopeless standstill of their circumstances!
  • Extract from : « Gray youth » by Oliver Onions
  • Remember that you are not merely to simulate nature; you are, by a process of compressing much in little, to epitomize it.
  • Extract from : « Making A Rock Garden » by Henry Sherman Adams
  • I extended one arm with a gesture intended to epitomize great majesty.
  • Extract from : « The Portal of Dreams » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Those three items may be said to epitomize the history of Ireland under the Union—coercion, pauperization, deficient education.
  • Extract from : « The Framework of Home Rule » by Erskine Childers

Antonyms for epitomize

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