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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. interpret as an allegory;
[syn: allegorize, allegorise]

2. make into an allegory;
- Example: "The story was allegorized over time"
[syn: allegorize, allegorise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Allegorize \Al"le*go*rize\, v. t. To use allegory. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Allegorize \Al"le*go*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allegorized; p. pr. & vb. n. Allegorizing.] [Cf. F. all['e]goriser, fr. L. allegorizare.] 1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

allegorize v 1: interpret as an allegory [syn: allegorize, allegorise] 2: make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time" [syn: allegorize, allegorise]