[Noun of action f. TYPIFY v.: see -FICATION.] The action of typifying; representation by a type or symbol; also, that which typifies, or serves as a type, symbol, or specimen of something: an exemplification.
1811–31. Bentham, Lang., Wks. 1843, VIII. 334. A distant and fanciful analogy which there is between the event typified and the real event made use of for typification.
1845. Blackw. Mag., LVII. 731. The four-paned rattling window of that clumsy typefication of slowness, misnamed a diligence.
1850. A. Baker, Plea for Romanizers, 26. The typification, the earnest and the pledge by outward miracle, of the reality of the sacramental grace.
1893. E. L. Wakeman, in Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, 19 Dec. A perfect typification of Norwegian childhood.
