Meaning of SYMBOLIZE
Pronunciation: | | 'simbu`lIz
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- [v] express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
- [v] represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"
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| Synonyms: | | represent, stand for, symbolise, typify |
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| See Also: | | be, embody, epitomise, epitomize, intend, mean, personify | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Symbolized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Symbolizing}.] [Cf. F. symboliser.]
1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to
correspond; to harmonize.
The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing
of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of
order doth symbolize with harmony. --Bacon.
They both symbolize in this, that they love to look
upon themselves through multiplying glasses.
--Howell.
2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.]
The believers in pretended miracles have always
previously symbolized with the performers of them.
--G. S. Faber.
3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
\Sym"bol*ize\, v. t.
1. To make to agree in properties or qualities.
2. To make representative of something; to regard or treat as
symbolic. ``Some symbolize the same from the mystery of
its colors.'' --Sir T. Browne.
3. To represent by a symbol or symbols.
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