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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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... doing of business in a State sufficient to subject a foreign corporation to the jurisdiction thereof,[719] but also rejected the "presence" test as begging "the question to be decided. * * * The terms 'present' or 'presence,'" according to Chief Justice Stone, "are used merely to symbolize those activities of the corporation's agent within the State which courts will deem to be sufficient to satisfy the demands of due process. * * * Those demands may be met by such contacts of the corporation with ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

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— The Boss of Little Arcady • Harry Leon Wilson

... creatures, symbolizing the principal forms of their inspiration, are grouped, superb and mournful. Who are they? No doubt Madame de Pompadour, the Geisha of Japanese art, and finally, bestial and degraded, La Fille Elisa—types that symbolize the most salient aspects of that genius—historic, aesthetic, and fictional—which will keep green the precious memory of ...

— Rene Mauperin • Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt

... pretentious building in sight, the one place which welcomed strangers and determined their opinion of the charm and luxury of Gopher Prairie—the Minniemashie House. It was a tall lean shabby structure, three stories of yellow-streaked wood, the corners covered with sanded pine slabs purporting to symbolize stone. In the hotel office she could see a stretch of bare unclean floor, a line of rickety chairs with brass cuspidors between, a writing-desk with advertisements in mother-of-pearl letters upon the glass-covered back. The ...

— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis

... yard, to see whether the wall of the new rooms which he had lately added to his house showed any further trace of damp, and whether the new chauffeur was washing the new motor car with all his heart. The wall showed no further trace of damp, and the new chauffeur's bent back seemed to symbolize an extreme conscientiousness. ...

— The Regent • E. Arnold Bennett

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