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Allegorize
Pronunciation : Al"le*go*rize
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allegorized; p. pr. & vb. n. Allegorizing.]
Etymology : [Cf. F. all?goriser, fr. L. allegorizare.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Al"le*go*rize
Part of Speech : v. t.
Definition : Defn: To use allegory. Holland.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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