embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition.
source: WordNet 3.0
express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?.
source: WordNet 3.0
To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
source: Webster 1913
To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to be the type of; as, the genus Rosatypifies the family Rosaceæ, which in turn typifies the series Rosales.
