epito·mize epitomizes epitomizing epitomized in BRIT, also use epitomise If you say that something or someone epitomizes a particular thing, you mean that they are a perfect example of it. Lyonnais cooking is epitomized by the so-called `bouchons'. the sleek lift that epitomized the hotel's glossy decor. to be a very typical example of something
embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin