Allegorize

v. t.	1.	To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. [imp. & p. p. Allegorized ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Allegorizing.]
	2.	To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.
	1.	To use allegory.

Verb	1.	allegorize - interpret as an allegory Synonyms: allegorise
	2.	allegorize - make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time" Synonyms: allegorise

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