Typify /(?)/

Typ·i·fy

Typify

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb. n. Typifying

  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.
  2. 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.