vt fig.: to make firm or permanent; to fix.
2. stereotype ·noun the art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
3. stereotype ·vt to prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the bible.
4. stereotype ·noun a plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, ·etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.