[f. TYPE sb.1; cf. F. typé adj. (Littré), typer (ibid., Suppl.).]
1. trans. a. Theol. To prefigure or foreshadow as a type; to represent in prophetic similitude. Also type forth, out.
1596. H. Clapham, Briefe Bible, I. 58. That specially typed out Our spotles Priest Iesus.
1606. J. Carpenter, Solomon’s Solace, xxvii. 111. Wee see how he typeth the holy Messiah.
1633. Bp. Hall, Hard Texts, N. T., 268. Which same thing is also typed forth unto us by Sinai and Jerusalem.
1690. C. Nesse, O. & N. Test., I. 66. Adam … offer’d sacrifice which typed out Christ.
1827. Pollok, Course T., V. 894. A time Typed by the Sabbath-day … When all had rest and peace.
b. To be the type or symbol of; to represent by a type or symbol; to symbolize: = TYPIFY 1.
1836. E. Howard, R. Reefer, xxxii. The old man’s look … was so wretched,… yet so fond—and was typed to my fancy so strongly by his little boat [etc.].
1837. Campbell, Lines on Poland, 130. The Rainbow types Heaven’s promise to my sight.
1839. Bailey, Festus, xi (1848), 32/2. All nature typeth Thee and Thine.
1875. Tennyson, Q. Mary, III. iv. The cataract typed the headlong plunge and fall Of heresy to the pit.
2. To be an example or specimen of; to exemplify: = TYPIFY 2. rare.
1627. W. Sclater, Exp. 2 Thess. (1629), 263. Pauls maine intention in typing or lineing out in his owne practise, what he prescribed to others.
1866. Blackie, Homer & Iliad, I. 25. The peculiar character … of Scottish piety, as it has been typed in Scotland now for more than three hundred years.
b. To be or furnish the pattern or model for.
1836. Lytton, Athens (1837), II. 55. On the Shield He bears his haughty ensign—typed by stars Gleaming athwart the sky.
3. To reproduce by means of type; to print. rare.
1736. [see TYPING vbl. sb.].
1842. Miall, in Nonconf., I. 13. A host of abstractions typed off with capital letters.
4. To write or copy by means of a type-writing machine; also intr. to practise typewriting; to typewrite.
1888. Scott. Leader, 28 Aug., 3. The operator … types at the rate of from fifty to sixty words a minute.
1888. Pall Mall G., 6 Oct., 15/1. Shorthand Evidence ‘typed’ from Dictation.
1897. G. Allen, Type-writer Girl, xvi. I went back to my machine and began typing mechanically.
1900. E. Wallace, Writ in Barracks, 114. ’Tis the dainty hand that types it.
Hence Typing ppl. a.
1897. Daily News, 21 Sept., 7/2. To transform … the secretaries into shorthand and typing clerks.
