Ste·re·o·type, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stereotyped p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping ]
1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887).
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