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

Derived forms: symbolizing, symbolizes, symbolized

See also: symbol, symbolization, symbolizer, symbolizing

Type of: intend, mean, represent