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typify - 5 dictionary results

typ⋅i⋅fy

[tip-uh-fahy]
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
2. to serve as a symbol or emblem of; symbolize; prefigure.
3. to represent by a type or symbol.

Origin:
1625–35; < L typ(us) type + -ify


typ⋅i⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
typ⋅i⋅fi⋅er, noun
typ·i·fy   (tĭp'ə-fī')   
tr.v.   typ·i·fied, typ·i·fy·ing, typ·i·fies
  1. To serve as a typical example of; embody the essential characteristics of: a painting that typifies the artist's work.
  2. To represent by an image, a form, or a model; symbolize or prefigure.
typ'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., typ'i·fi'er n.

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.

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.
Language Translation for : typify
Spanish: ejemplificar, representar,
German: ein typisches Beispiel für,
Japanese: ~の典型である

typify 
1634, "to represent by a symbol," from L. typus (see type). Meaning "to serve as a typical specimen of some class, etc." is attested from 1854.
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