The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Typifying.] [Type + -fy.]
   1. To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
      [1913 Webster]

            Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that
            was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness.
                                                  --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to
      be the type of; as, the genus Rosa typifies the family
      Rosaceae, which in turn typifies the series Rosales.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

typify
    v 1: embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical
         example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of
         composition" [syn: typify, epitomize, epitomise]
    2: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol;
       "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: typify,
       symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent]