symbolize

t. & i. [Fr. symboliser.] [SYMBOL, 8.] A. Transitive : 1. To represent by a symbol or symbols. 2. To regard or treat as symbolic; to make symbolic or representative of something. "There want not some who have symbolized the apple II. Technically : symmetry 1. Bot . ( of the parts of a flower ): Related to each other in number, the same in number, or one a multiple of the other, as in Saxifraga, which has five divisions of the calyx, five petals, and five stamens; or Epilobium, which has a four-parted calyx, four petals, and eight stamens. Math .: Po e ing the attribute of symmetry; Errors, bk. vii., ch. i. *3. To make to agree in properties. B. Intransitive: 1. To use symbols; to expre or represent things *2. To agree, to harmonize; to have a resemblance in symbols or symbolically. in qualities or properties. "The Orphick philosophy did really agree and symbol ize with that which afterward was called Pythagorick and Platonic."-Cudworth: Intell . System, p. 299. *3 To hold the same faith or religious belief; to agree in faith.