E-pit'o-mize, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EPITOMIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. EPITOMIZING.]

1. To abstract, in a summary, the principal matters of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to contract into a narrower compass; as, to epitomize an author.
2. To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words. Addison.