Meaning of ALLEGORIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'alugu`rIz
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- [v] make into an allegory; of stories
- [v] interpret as an allegory
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| | Synonyms: | | allegorise, allegorise |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, construe, interpret, see | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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.
\Al"le*go*rize\, v. t.
To use allegory. --Holland.
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