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Definitions for: Allegorize [v] make into an allegory; of stories
[v] interpret as an allegory
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: allegorise, allegorise
See Also: alter, change, construe, interpret, see
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