Allegorize

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  • intransitive verb. To express as or in the form of an allegory.
  • intransitive verb. To interpret allegorically.
  • intransitive verb. To use or make allegory.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn into allegory; narrate in allegory; treat allegorically: as, to allegorize the history of a people.
  • To understand in an allegorical sense; interpret allegorically: as, when a passage in an author may be understood either literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense allegorizes it.
  • To use allegory: as, a man may allegorize to please his fancy.
  • Also spelled allegorise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To use allegory.
  • transitive verb. To form or turn into allegory.
  • transitive verb. To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Alternative spelling of allegorise.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. interpret as an allegory
  • verb. make into an allegory
    • Word Usage
    "Why else would Augustine go to such lengths to allegorize scripture?"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alter  change  construe  interpret  modify  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    account for  allude to  assume  bring to mind  clarify  
    verb-form
    allegorized  allegorizing  
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