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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

... were held so firmly by the thick slime of the sea, that no hand could disunite them. 'They must go back, and be washed again and again by the waves,' a voice within seemed to say, 'on eternity's broad shore they will all be mated. They symbolize human life, and what in the external world are called marriages. The real mate is in the sea, but not joined ...

— Dawn • Mrs. Harriet A. Adams

... in general symbolize the dark and mysterious powers of primaeval nature and mind; the younger gods, whatsoever enters more immediately within the circle of consciousness. The former are more nearly allied to original chaos, the latter belong to a world ...

— Lectures on Dramatic Art - and Literature • August Wilhelm Schlegel trans John Black

... In her song Margaret shows she is still keenly alive to human interests, temporal and spiritual. The priest, bell, and holy well (l. 91) symbolize the church, here Roman Catholic. The bell is used in the Roman Church to call especial attention to the more important portions of the service; the well is ...

— Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems • Matthew Arnold

... tinsel ornament and, where we follow the legend closely, Eikthyner the stag, Heidrun the goat, Freyer's boar and Wotan's ravens and wolves, are hung in tiny effigy as confectioner's sweets. Thus with the Christmas tree alight and with the Yule log on the hearth we symbolize the old worship of the sun-tree and of fire through which we have grown to the better faith of which Christmas is ...

— Old Plymouth Trails • Winthrop Packard

... plain. And a final ascent brings us to a colossal Buddha, now reclining, as if his work were done and he were entering upon the bliss of Nirvana. At this last stage there is also a series of waxwork figures which symbolize the vanity of life and of human desire. Four forms represent, first, the babe at its mother's breast; secondly, the youth full of vigor; then the older man haggard with care; and finally, the corpse, upon whose vitals the birds of the ...

— A Tour of the Missions - Observations and Conclusions • Augustus Hopkins Strong

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