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typify

typ·i·fy [ típpə f ] (past and past participle typ·i·fied, present participle typ·i·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular typ·i·fies)


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)]

typ·i·fi·ca·tion [ tìppəfi káysh'n ] noun
typ·i·fi·er [ típpə f ər ] noun
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