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1. 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.
      [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.]

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