VERB | cognition | allegorize, allegorise | interpret as an allegory |
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change | allegorize, allegorise | make into an allegory |
Meaning | interpret as an allegory. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | allegorise | |
Broader | interpret, construe, see | make sense of |
Spanish | alegorizar | |
Nouns | allegory | a short / short moral story (often with animal characters) |
allegory | an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject / subject by suggestive resemblances | |
allegory | a visible symbol representing an abstract idea |
Meaning | make into an allegory. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The story was allegorized over time" | |
Synonym | allegorise | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | alegorizar | |
Catalan | al·legoritzar | |
Nouns | allegorizer | someone who communicates in allegories |
allegory | a short / short moral story (often with animal characters) | |
allegory | an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject / subject by suggestive resemblances | |
allegory | a visible symbol representing an abstract idea |
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