symbolise (v.)

  1. represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; The poet symbolizes love in this poem; These painters believed that artists should symbolize

    [ Syn: symbolize ]

  2. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?

    [ Syn: typify , symbolize , stand for , represent ]

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