"symbolify" meaning in English

See symbolify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: symbolifies [present, singular, third-person], symbolifying [participle, present], symbolified [participle, past], symbolified [past]
Etymology: symbol + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|symbol|ify}} symbol + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} symbolify (third-person singular simple present symbolifies, present participle symbolifying, simple past and past participle symbolified)
  1. (transitive) To represent by a symbol; symbolize. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-symbolify-en-verb-GolAIMhA
  2. (transitive) To convert into a symbol or symbols. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-symbolify-en-verb-OKQeF1J8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 38 62

Inflected forms

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