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typify - 5 dictionary results
typ⋅i⋅fy
[tip-uh-fahy] 
əˌfaɪ
–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. |
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| typ·i·fy (tĭp'ə-fī') tr.v. typ·i·fied, typ·i·fy·ing, typ·i·fies
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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