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typify

 verb
     
typ‧i‧fy past tense and past participle typified, present participle typifying, third person singular typifies [transitive]
1 to be a typical example of something:
the features which typify a Scottish Highland landscape
non-violent protest, typified by Gandhi
2 to be a typical part or feature of something:
the long complicated sentences that typify legal documents
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