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[ verb ] express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
Examples "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)The straight_line would symbolize its uniqueness , the circle its universality . But how can one figure symbolize both ? It represents a punishment that he knows he deserves , but it also symbolizes most dramatically that he lives his life within the process of time . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)These are ways of jointly participating in significantly symbolized , standardized , and ordered religiously sanctified behavior . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)A dead armadillo , the sole occupant of the stage , symbolizes the crisis and destruction of the Old_Order . Related terms mean embody represent typify symbol representation symbol symbolizing typification |
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[ verb ] represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
Synonyms Examples "The poet symbolizes love in this poem" "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" Related terms |
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