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symbolizing |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. They both symbolize in this that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses. --Howell. 2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.] The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them --G. S. Faber. 3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: symbolizing n 1: something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States" [syn: {symbol}, {symbolization}, {standing for}] 2: the act of representing something with a symbol
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