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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols;
- Example: "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"
- Example: "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"
[syn: symbolize, symbolise]

2. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol;
- Example: "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
[syn: typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

symbolise
    v 1: represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The
         poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters
         believed that artists should symbolize" [syn: symbolize,
         symbolise]
    2: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol;
       "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: typify,
       symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent]