allegorize. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

allegorize

SYLLABICATION:	al·le·go·rize
PRONUNCIATION:	l-gô-rz, -g-, -g-
VERB:	Inflected forms: al·le·go·rized, al·le·go·riz·ing, al·le·go·riz·es
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To express as or in the form of an allegory: a story of barnyard animals that allegorizes the fate of Soviet socialism. 2. To interpret allegorically: allegorize the quest for the Holy Grail as an inner spiritual search.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To use or make allegory: sculptors who rendered the moral world by allegorizing.
OTHER FORMS:	alle·gori·zation (-gôr-zshn, -gr, -gr) —NOUN alle·go·rizer —NOUN


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