Hypertext Webster Gateway: "typify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Typify \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Typify \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
typify
v 1: be typical of [syn: {epitomize}, {epitomise}]
2: be characteristic of: "This compositional style is
exemplified by this fugue" [syn: {exemplify}, {represent}]
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