symbolize
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symbolize
- /ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/
Where it comes from
From Middle French symboliser.
verb symbolizes · symbolizing · symbolized · symbolise
- To be symbolic of; to represent. Doves often symbolize peace.
- To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
- To convert something into a symbol. The overwhelming majority of these poems consists of wedding-songs, intended for the various ceremonies of the wedding and the daily festivities of the first week after the wedding. But these are not wedding-songs in the ordinary sense. In them, the wedding is symbolized. The poet speaks, indeed, of
- To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. The pleasing of colour symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony.
- To hold the same faith; to agree. The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: represent, stand for, symbolic, denote, embody, token, symbolise, illustrate, signify, typify, exemplify, express, manifest, indicate, imply, betoken
Translations
Every language
verb to be symbolic of; to represent
| Español | simbolizar, parabolizar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 상징하다 sangjinghada |
| 日本語 | 象徴する shōchō suru |
| 中文 | 象徵 /象征 xiàngzhēng |
| Português | simbolizar |
| Français | symboliser |
| Deutsch | symbolisieren |
| Italiano | simbolizzare |
| Ελληνικά | συμβολίζω symvolízo |
| Română | simboliza |
| Русский | символизи́ровать simvolizírovatʹ |
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