Dictionary entry

Type (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Type (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Typed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Typing.] 1. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure. White (Johnson).

2. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

Let us type them now in our own lives. Tennyson.