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Meaning of 'allegorize' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Allegorize [ v. t.]
- To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
- 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.
- To use allegory.

Meaning of 'allegorize' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . allegorize [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make into an allegory
Example in sentence:
  • The story was allegorized over time

Nearby Words:

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