Definitions for typifies

typifies typ·i·fy

Spelling: [tip-uh-fahy]
IPA: /ˈtɪp əˌfaɪ/

Typifies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in typifies (efiipsty).

Definitions for typifies

verb (used with object)

  1. to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
  2. to serve as a symbol or emblem of; symbolize; prefigure.
  3. to represent by a type or symbol.

Origin of typifies

1625-35; Latin typ(us) type + -ify

Examples for typifies

It seemed to her to typify all that was unlovely in her life.

It was allegorical and was intended to typify the course of human life.

Was he a quadruped with mane and tail, or an allegory invented to typify destiny?

While men may not have intended to typify anything in the case, God did.

His Virgins are like goddesses, and seem to typify for him the strength of womanhood.

They came to typify all the dark and formidable powers as to their inevitableness.

It was the one which among the Indians is supposed to typify memory and regret.

This was to typify to him his own undutiful and unnatural behavior.

Therefore, when you fight for us you fight not only for yourself, but for everything you typify.

The irregular swaying of the boat and the tug seemed to typify the new phase.

Word Value for typifies
Scrable

17

Words with friends

16

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