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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky