Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t.
   To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to be
   the type of; as, the genus {Rosa} typifies the family
   {Rosace[ae]}, which in turn typifies the series {Rosales}.

Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Typified}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Typifying}.] [Type + -fy.]
   To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.

         Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was
         slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

Source : WordNet®

typify
     v 1: embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical
          example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of
          composition" [syn: {epitomize}, {epitomise}]
     2: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol;
        "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: {symbolize},
         {symbolise}, {stand for}, {represent}]
     [also: {typified}]