Associations to the word «Typify»

Wiktionary

TYPIFY, verb. (transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
TYPIFY, verb. (transitive) To portray stereotypically.
TYPIFY, verb. (transitive) (science) To serve as a typical or reference specimen.

Dictionary definition

TYPIFY, verb. Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition".
TYPIFY, verb. Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates