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allegorize
[ al-i-guh-rahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to make into an allegory; narrate allegorically.
- to understand in an allegorical sense; interpret allegorically.
verb (used without object)
- to use allegory.
allegorize
/ ˈælɪɡəˌraɪz /
verb
- to transform (a story, narrative, fable, etc) into or compose in the form of allegory
- tr to interpret allegorically
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Derived Forms
- ˌallegoriˈzation, noun
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Other Words From
- alle·gori·zation noun
- alle·go·rizer noun
- over·alle·go·rize verb (used with object) overallegorized overallegorizing
- un·alle·go·rized adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of allegorize1
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Example Sentences
To allegorize life with a masquerade, and represent mankind generally as masquers.
(c) That therefore we can allegorize Grendel and the dragon into culture-myths connected with the "god Beow."
Next come the many attempts, old and new, to allegorize the Olympian scene, or to explain it away.
All allegorize the Sun, six months above and six months below the equator.
And yet we see the Essenes "allegorize" the bloody altar out of their Bible, but cling to the document more fondly than ever.
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