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.

 

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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 Rosaceæ, which in turn typifies the series Rosales.

 

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