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Epitrope | ‖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 ] | Epitome | 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. Syn. -- Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See Abridgment. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| epitome | (อีพิท'ทะมี) n. บุคคลตัวอย่าง, สิ่งที่ดีเลิศ, ข้อสรุป., See also: epitomical, epitomic adj. |
| epitome | (n) ข้อสรุป, การสรุปความ, เรื่องย่อ, ภาพย่อ |
| | | | epitome | (n) a brief abstract (as of an article or book) |
| Epitome | 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. Syn. -- Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See Abridgment. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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