typify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
    epitomise; epitomize.
    • The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition
  2. verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
    symbolise; symbolize; represent; stand for.
    • What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?

WordNet

Typ"i*fy transitive verb
Etymology
Type + -fy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Typified ; present participle & verbal noun Typifying
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913