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/sˈɪmbəlˌaɪz/ Listen

verb

Symbolize v. t.

To make to agree in properties or qualities.

To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic. "Some symbolize the same from the mystery of its colors."

To represent by a symbol or symbols.

Symbolize v. i. (past & past part. symbolized; pres. part. symbolizing)

To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. "The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony." "They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses."

To hold the same faith; to agree. (R.) "The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them."

To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.

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Etymology of 'Symbolize'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Symbolize" Quotes from Famous Books

... covered with a wolf's skin, as being one who was not worthy to see the light; shoes of wood were put upon his feet that they might not touch the earth. He was then thrust into a sack of leather, and with him four animals which were supposed to symbolize all that was most hideous and depraved—the dog, a common object of contempt; the cock, proverbial for its want of all filial affection; the poisonous viper; and the ape, which was the base imitation of man. In this strange company he was thrown ...

— Roman life in the days of Cicero • Alfred J[ohn] Church

... is in the scheme. 'Tis the symbol of a diviner union. But it is not for all men. It is not for those who symbolize divine things otherwise, who typify to their fellow-men the flesh crucified, the soul sublimed. ...

— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill

... As if to symbolize this state of things, the "fancy piece" astern comprised, among numerous other carved decorations, a cross and a miter; while forward, on the bows, was a sort of devil for a figure-head—a dragon-shaped creature, with a fiery red mouth, ...

— Redburn. His First Voyage • Herman Melville

... not unmindful of grammar, even of rhetoric, on occasion. She knew there was no such word as "git", but she was seeking to symbolize her idea in sound. As she closed her teeth, each little pearl meeting a pearly rival, her "git" had something of the force ...

— Fran • John Breckenridge Ellis

... had the least idea where they finally landed—so the cutting was bound to be strictly fair. It made much fun—the bride herself cut the first slice—hoping it might hold the picayune, and thus symbolize good fortune. The ring presaged the next bride or groom, the darning needle single blessedness to the end, the thimble, many to sew for, or feed, the button, fickleness or disappointment. After the bridal party had done cutting, other young folk tempted fate. Bride's cake was not ...

— Dishes & Beverages of the Old South • Martha McCulloch Williams

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