• (v. t.) To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type.
Pre·typ'i·fy transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pretypified ; present participle & verbal noun Pretypifying .] To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. Bp. Pearson. 
to foreshadow or prefigure the type of: The father's personality pretypified his son's.