parabolizev.
/pəˈrabəlʌɪz/, /pəˈrabl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /pəˈræbəˌlaɪz/ 1. † b. transitive. To turn into, treat, or explain as a parable. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To express or represent parabolically; to set forth in a parable. Also occasionally intransitive.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > relate as parable or apologue [verb (transitive)]
parabolize1602
fabulate1624
parable1644
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > express with figure of meaning [verb (transitive)] > express allegorically
parabolize1602
parable1644
moralize1652
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 20 Otherwise could not the church Catholike be..parabolized with a net cast into the sea.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 34 As our Sauiour Christ rightly parabolized of such.
1623 Doleful Even-song 9 Which mercifull bounty..is here parabolized vnto vs by a certaine man that was a king [etc.].
1745 W. Warburton Remarks Occas. Refl.: Pt. 2 60 To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God, or with what Parable shall we illustrate or parabolize it.
1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. vii. 359 He [sc. Christ] parabolizes the truth.
1964 Slavic & East European Jrnl. 8 347 Mrozek parabolizes precarious existence of a sub-totalitarian citizen caught in the labyrinthine absurdities.
1992 ELH 59 625 James Christie..parabolizes his duel by refusing what looks like a providential assertion of coherence on the part of Scott.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > express with figure of meaning [verb (transitive)] > express allegorically > turn into or explain as allegory
allegorizec1456
parabolize1851
phantomize1860
1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions 329 Some would parabolise, or rather indeed..mythise, the several statements in the Book of Job and the Vision of Micaiah.
2. transitive. To make (esp. a mirror or lens) parabolic or paraboloidal in shape.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > make into a curve [verb (transitive)]
parabolize1869
1869 Eng. Mechanic 12 Nov. 208/2 Such curve being afterwards parabolised by the..polisher.
1936 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 26 153/2 Fig. 1 illustrates the geometry involved when it is planned to parabolize a spherical mirror.
1998 Sky & Telescope Mar. 116/1 The final step was parabolizing the surface with a subdiameter pitch lap to within four millionths of an inch.
Derivatives
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun] > writer or teller of
fabler1382
fabulist1593
apologer1624
parabolist1651
allegorizer1677
parabolizer1691
allegorist1754
allegorister1841
parable-writer1884
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > allegory > allegorist or parabolist
allegorizer1548
allegorist1578
parabolist1651
parabolizer1691
allegorister1841
1691 Search after Wit 3 And who first shou'd Trump up, but the Parabolizers?
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xiv. 108/1 The People then perceived the meaning of the Parabolizer to be, That [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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