Definitions for typify

typify typ·i·fy

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

Typify is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in typify (fiptyy).

Definitions for typify

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 typify

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

Examples for typify

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Word Value for typify
Scrable

17

Words with friends

16

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