typify

typify
    v 1: embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical
         example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of
         composition" [syn: {typify}, {epitomize}, {epitomise}]
    2: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol;
       "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: {typify},
       {symbolize}, {symbolise}, {stand for}, {represent}]
    

Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Typified}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Typifying}.] [Type + -fy.]
   1. To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
      [1913 Webster]

            Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that
            was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness.
                                                  --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

   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}.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "typify":
      advert to, allude to, augur, be taken as, betoken, body forth,
      characterize, denominate, denote, designate, divine, emblematize,
      embody, epitomize, evince, exemplify, figure, finger, foretoken,
      hint, illustrate, indicate, instance, mean, mirror, model, name,
      personify, pick out, point at, point out, point to, prefigure,
      preindicate, presign, presignal, presignify, pretypify, refer to,
      represent, select, signify, specify, spell, stand for, stigmatize,
      suggest, symbol, symbolize, token