What does allegorize mean?
Definitions for allegorize
ˈæl ɪ gəˌraɪzal·le·go·rize
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Princeton's WordNet
allegorize, allegoriseverb
interpret as an allegory
allegorize, allegoriseverb
make into an allegory
"The story was allegorized over time"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Allegorizeverb
To turn into allegory; to form an allegory; to take in a sense not literal.
Etymology: from allegory.
He hath very wittily allegorized this tree, allowing his supposition of the tree itself to be true. Walter Raleigh, History.
As some would allegorize these signs, which we noted before; so others would confine them to the destruction of Jerusalem. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
An alchymist shall reduce divinity to the maxims of his laboratory, explain morality by sal, sulphur, and mercury; and allegorize the scripture itself, and the sacred mysteries thereof into the philosopher’s stone. John Locke.
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allegorize
Allegorize means to interpret or represent something in an allegorical manner, which is to symbolically express a deeper, often spiritual, moral, or political meaning. It involves using characters, events, or other elements in a narrative to represent a broader or abstract concept.
Webster Dictionary
Allegorizeverb
to form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people
Allegorizeverb
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
Allegorizeverb
to use allegory
Etymology: [Cf. F. allgoriser, fr. L. allegorizare.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of allegorize in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of allegorize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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