epitomize

• epitomise (non-Oxford British English)

From epitome + -ize.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/

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epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
2. To be an epitome of.
   • 1997, Michael Moortgat, “Categorial Type Logics”, in J. van Benthem, A. ter Meulen, editors, Handbook of Logic and Language, page 99:

     The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.

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epitomize

1. inflection of epitomizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative