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: symbolized, symbolizing, symbolizes

See also: symbol, symbolization, symbolizer, symbolizing

Type of: intend, mean, represent

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