v. i. | 1. | To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. |
2. | To hold the same faith; to agree. | |
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?" |
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 |