Definitions for: Typify


[v] express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
[v] embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"



Webster (1913) Definition: Typ"i*fy, v. t.
To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to be
the type of; as, the genus Rosa typifies the family
Rosace[ae], which in turn typifies the series Rosales.


Typ"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Typifying.] [Type + -fy.]
To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.

Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was
slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. --Sir T.
Browne.

Synonyms: epitomise, epitomize, represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize

See Also: be, embody, epitomise, epitomize, intend, mean, personify, represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify, typify

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