"allegorise" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: allegorises [present, singular, third-person], allegorising [participle, present], allegorised [participle, past], allegorised [past]
Etymology: From 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 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ise: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: allegorize Derived forms: allegoriser, reallegorise

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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