Hypertext Webster Gateway: "symbolized"

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.


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