Past tense of epitomise (British spelling); served as a perfect example of, or was summarized into a concise form.
From epitomise with the regular past tense suffix -ed. This past tense form is used in British English writing and speech.
Shakespeare epitomised Renaissance genius so completely that for centuries people thought he invented half of English—turns out he just perfected the art of being perfectly him.
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