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symbolise

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Verb1.symbolise - represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"
symbolize
represent - describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"
2.symbolisesymbolise - express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
stand for, symbolize, typify, represent
mean, intend - mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
embody, personify, be - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
epitomise, epitomize, typify - embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"


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It may serve, let us hope, to symbolise some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
On the branches of the cedars were perched large eagles; amid the foliage of the weeping willows were herons, solemnly standing on one leg; and on every hand were crows, ducks, hawks, wild birds, and a multitude of cranes, which the Japanese consider sacred, and which to their minds symbolise long life and prosperity.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
To Anne, it always seemed to symbolise Leslie's glowing, pent-up personality, denied all expression save in that flaming glint.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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