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(), 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. 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. スポンサード リンク
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