‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; reference, arbitration, fr. &unr_; to turn over, to give up, yield; 'epi` upon, over + &unr_; to turn. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.” [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Epitomes [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. &unr_; to cut into, cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. épitome. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ An ] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.
n.; pl.Epitomes [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. &unr_; to cut into, cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. épitome. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ An ] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.
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