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Webster 1913 Edition

Allegorize

Al′le-go-rize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Allegorized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Allegorizing
.]
[Cf. F.
allégoriser
, fr. L.
allegorizare
.]
1.
To form or turn into allegory;
as, to
allegorize
the history of a people
.
2.
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
.

Al′le-go-rize

,
Verb.
T.
To use allegory.
Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Allegorize

AL'LEGORIZE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To form an allegory; to turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
2.
To understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may be understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.

AL'LEGORIZE

,
Verb.
I.
To use allegory; as, a man may allegorize, to please his fancy.

Definition 2024

allegorize

allegorize

English

Verb

allegorize ‎(third-person singular simple present allegorizes, present participle allegorizing, simple past and past participle allegorized)

  1. Alternative spelling of allegorise

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