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English Dictionary: symbolize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for symbolize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
symbolize v express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" Synonym(s): typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" Synonym(s): symbolize, symbolise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolize \Sym"bolize\, v. t. 1. To make to agree in properties or qualities. 2. To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic. [bd]Some symbolize* the same from the mystery of its colors.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. 3. To represent by a symbol or symbols.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolize \Sym"bolize\, 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.