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