pretypify

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verb

To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type.

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Meanings

verbpretypify (third-person singular simple present pretypifies, present participle pretypifying, simple past and past participle pretypified)

present singular third person pretypifies · participle present pretypifying · participle past pretypified · past pretypified

  1. To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type.

    That the promised Messias was to sit at the right hand of God , was both pretypified and foretold

    1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed

Origin

From pre- + typify.

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APA

pretypify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretypify

MLA

“pretypify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretypify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretypify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretypify.

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