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allegorise

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al⋅le⋅go⋅rize

  [al-i-guh-rahyz] verb, -rized, -riz⋅ing.
Use allegorise in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make into an allegory; narrate allegorically.
2. to understand in an allegorical sense; interpret allegorically.
–verb (used without object)
3. to use allegory.
Also, especially British, al⋅le⋅go⋅rise.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME < LL allēgorīzāre; see allegory, -ize

Related forms:
al⋅le⋅go⋅ri⋅za⋅tion, noun
al⋅le⋅go⋅riz⋅er, noun
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