"allegorise" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: allegorises [present, singular, third-person], allegorising [participle, present], allegorised [participle, past], allegorised [past]
Etymology: allegory + -ise Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|allegory|ise}} allegory + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} allegorise (third-person singular simple present allegorises, present participle allegorising, simple past and past participle allegorised)
  1. (transitive, British spelling) To create an allegory from some event or situation. Tags: UK, transitive Translations (to create an allegory from some event or situation): al·legoritzar (Catalan), sinnbildlich darstellen (German), allegorisieren (German), alegoryzować [imperfective] (Polish), alegorizar (Portuguese), lalegorön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-allegorise-en-verb-cHiVSps9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ise: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'to create an allegory from some event or situation': 92 8
  2. (intransitive, British spelling) To use allegory. Tags: UK, intransitive
    Sense id: en-allegorise-en-verb-23g5BvdO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ise: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: allegorize Derived forms: allegoriser, reallegorise

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