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allegorize

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  1. 1. v. t. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To use allegory. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. interpret as an allegory Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. make into an allegory Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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. To use allegory. Holland. Source: webster
  7. 7. To use allegory. Holland. Source: adambom
  8. 8. v:100 v. interpret as an allegory v. make into an allegory Source: ecdict

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