Home › Words › E › epitomateepitomate/ɛˈpɪtəmeɪt/epitomate means synonym of epitomize (“make an epitome of”).epitomate is pronounced /ɛˈpɪtəmeɪt/.EtymologyAn adaptation of epitomāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin epitomō (“to abridge”).verbSynonym of epitomize (“make an epitome of”).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).