v. tell a story in an allegorical way; make something into an allegory (also allegorise)

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Verb
1. interpret as an allegory
(synonym) allegorise
(hypernym) interpret, construe, see
(derivation) emblem, allegory
2. make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"
(synonym) allegorise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) allegorizer, allegoriser

(v. t.)
To use allegory.
  

(v. t.)
To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.
  

(v. t.)
To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
  

Synonyms and related words:
account for, allude to, assume, bring to mind, clarify, clear up, connote, crack, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, elucidate, enlighten, entail, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, fable, fabulize, fictionalize, give reason for, give the meaning, hint, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, imply, import, infer, insinuate, intimate, involve, make clear, make plain, mean, mean to say, mythicize, mythify, mythologize, narrate, novelize, point indirectly to, popularize, presume, presuppose, rationalize, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, retell, romance, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, storify, suggest, suppose, take for granted, tell, tell a story, throw light upon, unfold, unfold a tale, unlock, unravel
  

allegorize /'æligəraiz/ (allegorise) /'æligəraiz/

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