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epitomized

epitomized is the simple past and past participle of epitomize.

Meaning of epitomize

Verb

epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
    • This simple formula epitomizes the kind of 'tolerance' that Marcuse advocates.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US) To be an epitome of.
    • The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.1997, Michael Moortgat, “Categorial Type Logics”, in J. van Benthem, A. ter Meulen, editors, Handbook of Logic and Language, page 99

Words formed from epitomized

Questions about epitomized

What is epitomized the simple past and past participle of?
Epitomized is the simple past and past participle of epitomize.

Words near epitomized in the dictionary

  1. epitomistic
  2. epitomists
  3. epitomization
  4. epitomizations
  5. epitomize
  6. epitomized
  7. epitomizer
  8. epitomizers
  9. epitomizes
  10. epitomizing
  11. epitomy

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