allegiant (alejant)

and n. [A umed from allegiance, after analogy of adjectives in -ant having a ociated nouns in-ance: see- ant1 and-ance.] I. a. Loyal. For your great graces Heaped upon me, poor undeserver, I Can nothing render but allegiant thanks. Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. IMG:content-0516.png:[blocks in formation] allegorizer (al'ē-go-rizer), gorizes; one who speaks in allegory or expounds allegorically. Also spelled allegoriser. allegory allegory (al'ē-gō-ri n.; pl. allegories (-riz). Sp. alegoría Pg. It. allegoria, allegor [F. allégorie Sp. rie = Sp. alegoric IMG:content-0517.png:[blocks in formation] The moment our discourse rises above the ground line of familiar facts, and is influenced by pa ion or exalted by thought, it clothes itself in images. Hence, good writing and brilliant discourse are perpetual allegories . Emerson , Misc., p. 32. 2. A method of speaking or writing characterized by this kind of figurative treatment. Metaphor a erts or supposes that one thing is another, as "Judah is a lion's whelp"; but allegory never affirms that one thing is another. T. H. Horne, Introd. to Study of Holy Script., II. 406. 3. In painting and sculp., a figurative representation in which the meaning is conveyed symbolically. = Syn. 1. Simile, Metaphor, Comparison, etc. See simile. IMG:content-0518.png:[graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small] Strangers shall have the same personal rights as the al N. A. Rev., CXLII. 125. Same as allegorical.