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1. The act of representing something with a symbol
   - symbolizing

1. Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
   "The poet symbolises love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolise"
   - symbolize
    
2. Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
   - typify, symbolize, stand for, represent

See also: symbol, symbolisation [Brit], symboliser [Brit]

Type of: figuration, intend, mean, represent