Definition of typify Typify
/tɪˈpʌfajˌ/ - [tipufay] - typ•i•fy
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What does typify mean?
WordNet
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| typify - express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" | ||
| symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent | ||
| intend, mean have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" | ||
| embody, personify, be represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" | ||
| epitomise, epitomize, typify express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" | ||
| typify - embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition" | ||
| epitomize, epitomise | ||
| symbolise, symbolize, typify, stand for, represent represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- typify (v. t.)
To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
Part of speech
🔤- typify, verb, present, 1st person singular of typify (infinitive).
- typify, verb (infinitive).
