allegorize

[ al-i-guh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, al·le·go·rized, al·le·go·riz·ing.

1. to make into an allegory; narrate allegorically.
2. to understand in an allegorical sense; interpret allegorically.

verb (used without object)

, al·le·go·rized, al·le·go·riz·ing.

1. to use allegory.

allegorize

/ ˈælɪɡəˌraɪz /

verb

1. to transform (a story, narrative, fable, etc) into or compose in the form of allegory
2. tr to interpret allegorically

Derived Forms

• ˌallegoriˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• alle·gori·zation noun
• alle·go·rizer noun
• over·alle·go·rize verb (used with object) overallegorized overallegorizing
• un·alle·go·rized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of allegorize¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin allēgorīzāre; allegory, -ize

Example Sentences

To allegorize life with a masquerade, and represent mankind generally as masquers.

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(c) That therefore we can allegorize Grendel and the dragon into culture-myths connected with the "god Beow."

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Next come the many attempts, old and new, to allegorize the Olympian scene, or to explain it away.

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All allegorize the Sun, six months above and six months below the equator.

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And yet we see the Essenes "allegorize" the bloody altar out of their Bible, but cling to the document more fondly than ever.

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Related Words

• clarify
• delineate
• depict
• embody
• emphasize
• epitomize
• exhibit
• explain
• expose
• highlight
• illuminate
• interpret
• lay out
• manifest
• mark
• mirror
• personify
• point up
• portray
• represent