The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stereotyped;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping.] [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]otyper.]
   1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the
      stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
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   2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
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            Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate
            the poverty of old conditions.        --Duke of
                                                  Argyll (1887).
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