typifyv.

Brit.

/ˈtɪpᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈtɪpəˌfaɪ/

Etymology: < Latin typus type n.: see -fy suffix; compare French typifié(Littré).

1. transitive. To represent or express by a type or symbol; to serve as a type, figure, or emblem of; to symbolize; to prefigure.

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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > be type of [verb (transitive)]

betokenc1175

bysenc1325

bodea1387

resemblea1393

figure1401

figurate?1548

moralize1597

typify1635

type1831

1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes 5 Glorie by the wreath is typifide.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. viii. 246 We cannot well conceive the wood a burthen for a boy, but such a one unto Isaac, as that which it typified was unto Christ.

1673 W. Penn Christian-Quaker xvi. 570 How can Christ be said to be typified out?

1730 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated Pref. 8 That Fact expresses, prefigures, or typifies, another Fact of a higher and more important Nature.

1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. v. 103 A double death was to be typified by its fate.

1858 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) III. ii. ii. 233 The Euxine! that strange mysterious sea, which typifies the abyss of outer darkness.

1864 F. C. Bowen Logic (1870) viii. 248 A Syllogism, which is a union of three Judgments, is appropriately typified by a triangle, a union of three lines.

2. To serve as the typical specimen or characteristic example of (a class, family, etc.); to exhibit the essential characters of; to exemplify.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > find or furnish an instance or example of [verb (transitive)] > be an example or specimen of

paragonize1592

paragon1617

type1627

represent1838

typify1854

1854 R. I. Murchison Siluria (1867) i. 7 Fossils which might typify such supposed older sediments.

1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. 374 The second deciduous molar..typifies the form of the upper sectorial, which is retained in the permanent dentition of several Viverrine and Musteline species.

Derivatives

ˈtypified adj.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [adjective] > typical of a class

exemplar1570

exemplary1593

typifying1653

speciminal1664

representative1788

typified1851

typal1853

specimen1860

typical1860

1851 R. Wardlaw Zech. (1869) v. 98 As the typical Zerubbabel finished the typical temple, so surely shall the typified finish His.

ˈtypifier n. one who typifies (rare).

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > typical or representative thing or person > one who is a typical example

intimate1607

typifier1745

1745 W. Warburton Remarks Occas. Refl.: Pt. 2 xviii. 95 A modern Typifier, who deals only in Similitudes and Correspondences.

ˈtypifying n. and adj.

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