单词 | epitomize |
释义 | epitomizev. 1. a. transitive. To make an epitome of; to abridge. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)] abrevya1325 comprehendc1369 abridgec1384 shorta1390 suma1398 abbreviate?a1475 shorten1530 to cut short?1542 curtail1553 to knit up1553 to wind up1583 clip1598 epitomize1599 brief1601 contract1604 to shut up1622 decurt1631 to sum up1642 breviate1663 curtilate1665 compendize1693 epitomate1702 to gather up1782 summarize1808 scissor1829 précis1856 to cut down1857 to boil down1880 synopsize1882 essence1888 résumé1888 short copy1891 bovrilize1900 pot1927 summate1951 capsulize1958 profile1970 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) Pref. 2 The same Booke was but a spurious stolne Copy, in part epitomized..from the Authors Originall. 1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 25 Thus farre Martin Bucer; Whom..I deny not to have epitomiz'd. 1783 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 13 June Mrs. Dobson..epitomised a very bulky French Life of Petrarch. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 92 He was accustomed to epitomise Hooker, and others, on the present subject. 1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming xii. 118 For the benefit of our readers, we will epitomise the pamphlet. b. To summarize; to give a concise account of; to state the essence of (a matter) briefly. ΚΠ 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 172 Thus have you briefely epitomized Mother Natures benefits. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 65 They all would not suffice Folly in all her shapes to epitomise. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 321 Hassan Aga, whose Life I had begun to epitomize. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 123 I shall however in a few pages briefly epitomize what passed. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith Pref. 11 Exhaustively to epitomise the evidence of Theism. 2. a. To contain in a small compass; to comprise in brief the sum of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > incorporate or include [verb (transitive)] > as the sum of epitomize1628 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 1711 For, God in this one single Plague, comprised Those other Judgements, all, epitomized. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 149 A Carpet, a Pan, and a Platter, epitomizes all their Furniture. 1868 A. P. Stanley Hist. Mem. Westm. Abbey v. 416 In some respects it [the Chapter House] epitomises the vicissitudes of the Abbey itself. b. To put into a small compass; to concentrate. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > concentrate or condense condense1477 concentre1598 sum1609 compact1633 epitomizea1634 concentrate1665 a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 129 Hee himselfe epitomized those ten into two. 1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea i. 51 In whom it appeared that Nature and Fortune had Epitomiz'd all the wonders of the World. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. (1768) II. 106 Art, indeed, is often requisite to collect and epitomize the beauties of nature. 1857 R. A. Willmott Pleasures of Lit. xxi. 126 We have all the wilfulness of Cleopatra epitomized when, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] thinc900 narroweOE smalleOE slakea1300 adminisha1325 minisha1382 reduce?c1400 diminish1417 littlea1500 extenuate1555 enstraiten1590 scantle1596 scant1599 bedwarfa1631 epitomize1630 dwarf1638 retrench1640 stunt1659 to take in1700 belittle1785 dwarfify1816 reduct1819 micrify1836 clip1858 downsize1977 1630 M. Drayton David & Goliah in Muses Elizium 190 All those rare parts that in his brothers were Epitomiz'd, at large in him appeare. 1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) Pref. sig. C2 A Surgeons Chest epitomized. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. ii. xlvi. 50 Our standing Army shall be Epitomized to a more moderate proportion. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 15 July 1/2 We should, in a little time, see Mankind epitomized, and the whole Species in Miniature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1599 |
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