"varitype" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: varitypes [plural]
Etymology: From a former trade name, VariTyper, presumably from variable and typer. Head templates: {{en-noun}} varitype (plural varitypes)
  1. (printing, historical) A kind of advanced typewriter that could use various different typefaces. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-varitype-en-noun-fuXGmIkn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Topics: media, printing, publishing

Verb

Forms: varitypes [present, singular, third-person], varityping [participle, present], varityped [participle, past], varityped [past]
Etymology: From a former trade name, VariTyper, presumably from variable and typer. Head templates: {{en-verb}} varitype (third-person singular simple present varitypes, present participle varityping, simple past and past participle varityped)
  1. (printing, historical) To prepare printed material using a machine of this kind. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-varitype-en-verb-GmTPr-Y4 Topics: media, printing, publishing

Inflected forms

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