Definition of Allegorise

1. Verb. Interpret as an allegory.

Exact synonyms: Allegorize
Generic synonyms: Construe, Interpret, See
Derivative terms: Allegory, Allegory, Allegory, Allegory, Allegory, Allegory

2. Verb. Make into an allegory. "The story was allegorized over time"
Exact synonyms: Allegorize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Allegoriser, Allegory, Allegory, Allegory, Allegorizer, Allegory, Allegory, Allegory

Definition of Allegorise

1. Verb. (British spelling) To create an allegory from some event or situation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allegorise

1. [v -RISED, -RISING, -RISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegorise

allegges
allegging
alleghanyite
allegiance
allegiances
allegiant
allegiantly
allegiants
allegiaunce
alleging
allegoric
allegorical
allegorically
allegoricalness
allegories
allegorise (current term)
allegorised
allegoriser
allegorises
allegorising
allegorist
allegorists
allegorization
allegorizations
allegorize
allegorized
allegorizer
allegorizers
allegorizes
allegorizing

Literary usage of Allegorise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"... a case for to make use of allegories in speech ; also to allegorise, or to explain passages, according to the allegorical sense, and not the literal. ..."

2. The Traditions of European Literature: From Homer to Dante by Barrett Wendell (1920)
"Not to allegorise would then have been unseemly. Both William de Lorris and Jean de Meung allegorise as if allegory were the only conceivable form of human ..."

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