Typify

v. t.	1.	To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. [imp. & p. p. Typified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Typifying.] Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. - Sir T. Browne.
	2.	To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to be the type of; as, the genus Rosa typifies the family Rosaceæ, which in turn typifies the series Rosales.

Verb	1.	typify - embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition" Synonyms: epitomise, epitomize
	2.	typify - express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" Synonyms: stand for, symbolize, represent, symbolise

advert to, allude to, augur, be taken as, betoken, body forth, characterize, denominate, denote, designate, divine, emblematize, embody, epitomize, evince, exemplify, figure, finger, foretoken, hint, indicate, instance, mean, mirror, model, name, personify, pick out, point at, point out, point to, prefigure, preindicate, presign, presignal, presignify, pretypify, refer to, represent, select, signify, specify, spell, stand for, stigmatize, suggest, symbol, token

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