Al"le*go*rize (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allegorized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Allegorizing.] [Cf. F. all'egoriser, fr. L. allegorizare.]
1.
To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
2.
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.
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Al"le*go*rize, v. t.
To use allegory.
Holland.
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