01 v. t. To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
imp. & p. p.
Typified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Typifying
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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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To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to be the type of; as, the genus Rosa typifies the family Rosaceae, which in turn typifies the series Rosales.