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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that
was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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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.]