tropologize
/trəˈpɒlədʒaɪz/ /trɒˈpɒlədʒaɪz/(also tropologise) Now somewhat rare
verb
[with object] To change (a person or thing) by a trope or metaphor; to use (something) in a tropological sense. Also without object: to use troplogical interpretation.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Ralph Cudworth (1617–1688), philosopher and theologian. From tropology + -ize, originally after Hellenistic Greek τροπολογεῖν.
- saving clause
- saving faith
- saving grace
- saving institution
- savingly
- savingness
- savings account
- savings and loan
- savings and loan association
- savings bank
- Savings Bond
- savings book
- savings box
- savings certificate
- saving scheme
- savings institution
- savings rate
- savings ratio
- savings scheme
- savin-leaved
- savin oil
- savin top
- savior
- savior's blanket
- savior's flannel