typify

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/ ˈtɪp əˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), typ·i·fied, typ·i·fy·ing.

to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.

to serve as a symbol or emblem of; symbolize; prefigure.

to represent by a type or symbol.

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Origin of typify

1625–35; <Latin typ(us) type + -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM typify

typ·i·fi·ca·tion, nountyp·i·fi·er, noun

Words nearby typify

typhus, typhus vaccine, typical, typically, typicon, typify, typing, typing element, typist, typo, typog.

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How to use typify in a sentence

Washington allowed an opening-drive score for the sixth time in seven games, and the final play typified the defense’s struggles.
Washington’s defensive players ‘gave themselves a chance’ in Green Bay, and that’s a step forward|Sam Fortier|October 25, 2021|Washington Post
The idea behind The Emancipator, according to The New York Times, will be to bring new relevance to the 20th tradition of opinion-driven reporting typified by anti-slavery publications.
Media Briefing: Publishers are switching up their paywalls|Tim Peterson|March 25, 2021|Digiday
His hero, Gulliver, discovers race after race of beings who typify the genera in his classification of mankind.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
It has long been the custom for advertisers in the continental journals to typify their wares.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

Therefore, when you fight for us you fight not only for yourself, but for everything you typify.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill|Gilbert K. Chesterton
While men may not have intended to typify anything in the case, God did.
Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel|Frank G. Allen
The fair, handsome youth, wrapped now in the blankets, seemed to him to typify all the Austrian qualities.
The Hosts of the Air|Joseph A. Altsheler

British Dictionary definitions for typify

typify

/ (ˈtɪpɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

to be typical of; characterize

to symbolize or represent completely, by or as if by a type

Derived forms of typify

typification, nountypifier, noun

Word Origin for typify

C17: from Latin typus type + -ify

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