verb (v)

• embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  epitomise, epitomize
  

  source: wordnet30
• express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize
  

  source: wordnet30
• To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to be the type of; as, the genus Rosa typifies the family Rosaceæ, which in turn typifies the series Rosales.(verb)

  source: webster1913