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Definition of Typifies
1. typify [v] - See also: typify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Typifies
Literary usage of Typifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Armageddon: Or, The Overthrow of Romanism and Monarchy; the Existence of the by Samuel Davies Baldwin (1863)
"We may premise here, that it should be specially recollected that like things
always typify their like : thus, a person used as a type typifies a person ..."
2. Bushido: the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1899)
"... easy to explain : it typifies the human heart, which, when perfectly placid
and clear, reflects the very image of the Deity. When you stand, therefore, ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... day itself to the Church; it represents the Church system and round of fast
and festival, and typifies the high chastised spiritual joy of Catholicism. ..."
4. The Theosophist by Theosophical Society (Madras, India) (1891)
"... and whether or not the word Obeah signifies a " well and enclosed circle,"
neither well nor circle typifies what it is, half so well as the ..."
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