'Typify' definitions:

Definition of 'typify'

From: WordNet
verb
Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition" [syn: typify, epitomize, epitomise]
verb
Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent]

Definition of 'Typify'

From: GCIDE
  • Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb. n. Typifying.] [Type + -fy.]
  • 1. To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. [1913 Webster]
  • Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to be the type of; as, the genus Rosa typifies the family Rosaceae, which in turn typifies the series Rosales. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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