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typify |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: typify v 1: be typical of [syn: {epitomize}] 2: be characteristic of: "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" [syn: {exemplify}, {represent}]
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