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symbolizing


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Symbolize  \Sym"bol*ize\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Symbolized};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Symbolizing}.]  [Cf.  F.  symboliser.] 
  1.  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.  --Bacon. 
 
  They  both  symbolize  in  this  that  they  love  to  look 
  upon  themselves  through  multiplying  glasses. 
  --Howell. 
 
  2.  To  hold  the  same  faith;  to  agree.  [R.] 
 
  The  believers  in  pretended  miracles  have  always 
  previously  symbolized  with  the  performers  of  them 
  --G.  S.  Faber. 
 
  3.  To  use  symbols;  to  represent  ideas  symbolically. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  symbolizing 
  n  1:  something  visible  that  by  association  or  convention 
  represents  something  else  that  is  invisible;  "the  eagle 
  is  a  symbol  of  the  United  States"  [syn:  {symbol},  {symbolization}, 
  {standing  for}] 
  2:  the  act  of  representing  something  with  a  symbol 




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