About The Word Symbolize
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Symbolize
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What's The Definition Of Symbolize?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Symbolize: represent | stand for | symbolise | typify Related Terms | Find terms related to Symbolize: See Also | be | embody | epitomise | epitomize | intend | mean | personify Symbolize In Webster's Dictionary \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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