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typify

typify [ típpi fī ] (3rd person present singular typifies, present participle typifying, past and past participle typified)

transitive verb

Definition:

1. be typical of something: to have all or most of the characteristics of a particular type of person or thing and therefore be a suitable example of it

a community that typifies small-town America

2. symbolize something: to be a symbolic representation of something

[Mid-17th century. < Latin typus (see type)]

typification [ típpifi káysh'n ] noun

typifier [ típpi fī ər ] noun

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