Synonyms for typify
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tip-uh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪp əˌfaɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for typify Other synonyms for the word typify
Définition of typify
Origin :- 1630s, "to represent by a symbol," from Latin typus (see type (n.)) + -fy. Meaning "to serve as a typical specimen of some class, etc." is attested from 1854.
- verb represent, characterize
- Was he a quadruped with mane and tail, or an allegory invented to typify destiny?
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- Therefore, when you fight for us you fight not only for yourself, but for everything you typify.
- Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- It seemed to her to typify all that was unlovely in her life.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- His Virgins are like goddesses, and seem to typify for him the strength of womanhood.
- Extract from : « Luca Signorelli » by Maud Cruttwell
- This was to typify to him his own undutiful and unnatural behavior.
- Extract from : « Richard I » by Jacob Abbott
- While men may not have intended to typify anything in the case, God did.
- Extract from : « Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel » by Frank G. Allen
- It was the one which among the Indians is supposed to typify memory and regret.
- Extract from : « Buckskin Mose » by Buckskin Mose
- The irregular swaying of the boat and the tug seemed to typify the new phase.
- Extract from : « The Pillar of Light » by Louis Tracy
- They came to typify all the dark and formidable powers as to their inevitableness.
- Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
- It was allegorical and was intended to typify the course of human life.
- Extract from : « Mazes and Labyrinths » by W. H. Matthews
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