'Symbolize' definitions:

Definition of 'symbolize'

(from WordNet)
verb
Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent]
verb
Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" [syn: symbolize, symbolise]

Definition of 'Symbolize'

From: GCIDE
  • Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. t.
  • 1. To make to agree in properties or qualities. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic. "Some symbolize the same from the mystery of its colors." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To represent by a symbol or symbols. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Symbolize'

From: GCIDE
  • Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Symbolized; p. pr. & vb. n. Symbolizing.] [Cf. F. symboliser.]
  • 1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. [1913 Webster]
  • The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them. --G. S. Faber. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'symbolize'

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Words containing 'Symbolize'