'allegorize' definitions:
Definition of 'allegorize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Interpret as an allegory [syn: allegorize, allegorise]
verb
Make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time" [syn: allegorize, allegorise]
Synonyms of 'allegorize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- allude to,
- assume,
- bring to mind,
- clarify,
- clear up,
- connote,
- crack,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- entail,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- fable,
- fabulize,
- fictionalize,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- hint,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- implicate,
- imply,
- import,
- infer,
- insinuate,
- intimate,
- involve,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- mythicize,
- mythify,
- mythologize,
- narrate,
- novelize,
- point indirectly to,
- popularize,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- rationalize,
- recite,
- recount,
- rehearse,
- relate,
- report,
- retell,
- romance,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- spell out,
- storify,
- suggest,
- suppose,
- take for granted,
- tell,
- tell a story,
- throw light upon,
- unfold,
- unfold a tale,
- unlock,
- unravel