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Webster 1913 Edition

Typify

Typ′i-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Typified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Typifying
.]
[
Type
+
-fy
.]
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.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Typify

TYP'IFY

,
Verb.
T.
To represent by an image, form, model or resemblance. The washing of baptism typifies the cleansing of the soul from sin by the blood of Christ. Our Savior was typified by the goat that was slain.

Definition 2024

typify

typify

English

Verb

typify ‎(third-person singular simple present typifies, present participle typifying, simple past and past participle typified)

  1. (transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
    His attitude typifies the attitude of young people today.
  2. (transitive) To portray stereotypically.
    The angry captain typified all new sailors as incompetent.
  3. (transitive, sciences) To serve as a typical or reference specimen.
    The chosen specimen typifies plants belonging to that species.

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