pretypify

[ pree-tip-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, pre·typ·i·fied, pre·typ·i·fy·ing.

1. to foreshadow or prefigure the type of:

   The father's personality pretypified his son's.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pretypify¹

First recorded in 1650–60; pre- + typify

Example Sentences

Pretypify, prē-tip′i-fī, v.t. to represent by a type what is to happen: to prefigure.

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