TYPIFY
typify
Verb
- To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
- ''His attitude typifies the attitude of young people today.
- To portray stereotypically.
- The angry captain typified all new sailors as incompetent.
- To serve as a typical or reference specimen.
- The chosen specimen typifies plants belonging to that species.
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