Part 3875

<hw>Ep`i*thu*met"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Epithumetical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Epithumetical</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*thu*met"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to long for, lust after; <?/ + <?/ soul, heart, desire.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Epitithides</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*tith"i*des</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ to place upon. See <er>Epithet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.</def>

<h1>Epitomator</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pit"o*ma`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL.]</ety> <def>An epitomist.</def>

<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<h1>Epitome</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pit"o*me</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Epitomes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. <?/ to cut into, cut short; <?/ upon + <?/ to cut: cf. F. <ets>\'82pitome</ets>. See <er>Tome</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote> <b>epitome</b> of the contents of a very large book. <i>Sydney Smith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A compact or condensed representation of anything.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>epitome</b> of English fashionable life. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's <b>epitome</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See <er>Abridgment</er>.</syn>

<h1>Epitomist</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pit"o*mist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Epitomize</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pit"o*mize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Epitomized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Epitomizing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; <as>as, to <ex>epitomize</ex> the works of Justin</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; <as>as, to <ex>epitomize</ex> words</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Epitomizer</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pit"o*mi`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An epitomist.</def>

<i>Burton.</i>