Symbolize

v. i.	1.	To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. [imp. & p. p. Symbolized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Symbolizing .] 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. 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.
v. t.	1.	To make to agree in properties or qualities.
	2.	To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic.
	3.	To represent by a symbol or symbols.

Verb	1.	symbolize - express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" Synonyms: stand for, symbolise, typify, represent
	2.	symbolize - represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" Synonyms: symbolise

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