Allegorize
to make into an ; narrate .
to understand in an sense; interpret .
to use .
Historical Examples
To allegorize life with a masquerade, and represent mankind generally as masquers.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Various
To this vessel the Persian poets often refer, and allegorize it in different ways.
Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century Samuel Johnson
And yet we see the Essenes “allegorize” the bloody altar out of their Bible, but cling to the document more fondly than ever.
The Influence of Buddhism on Primitive Christianity Arthur Lillie
All allegorize the Sun, six months above and six months below the equator.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Charleston I might allegorize in the person of a young woman I met there.
American Adventures Julian Street
(c) That therefore we can allegorize Grendel and the dragon into culture-myths connected with the “god Beow.”
Beowulf R. W. Chambers
Next come the many attempts, old and new, to allegorize the Olympian scene, or to explain it away.
Homer’s Odyssey Denton J. Snider
verb
to transform (a story, narrative, fable, etc) into or compose in the form of allegory
(transitive) to interpret allegorically
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a person who uses or writes allegory. Historical Examples To the allegorist, the fable or plot in epic or dramatic poetry was only a rind to cover attractively the kernel of truth. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance Donald Lemen Clark Such a story tempts the allegorist, and indeed the main drift of its meaning […]
- Allegoristic
writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- Allegorization
to make into an ; narrate . to understand in an sense; interpret . to use . verb to transform (a story, narrative, fable, etc) into or compose in the form of allegory (transitive) to interpret allegorically
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- Allegretto
light, graceful, and moderately fast in tempo. an allegretto movement. Historical Examples The stillness of night and the shimmering moonlight are in the delicate harmonies of (allegretto) strings. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Philip H. Goepp This allegretto is continued until the theme is taken up in C minor. Life of Beethoven […]