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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Typify \Typ"i*fy\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Typified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Typifying}.] [Type + -fy.]
1. 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.
2. 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 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
typify
verb
1: embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition" [syn: {epitomize}, {epitomise}]
2: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: {symbolize}, {symbolise}, {stand for}, {represent}] [also: {typified}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
typified See {typify}
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