"symbolise" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "symbolises",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "symbolising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "symbolised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "symbolised",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, “Network News: Wait goes on for South Western Railway Arterios to start work”, in RAIL, number 948, page 9:",
          "text": "In summer 2020, the trains were unveiled at Wimbledon depot, and given the name Arterio. The operator said this symbolised its role as an artery for connecting the capital and beyond.",
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        }
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        "Alternative form of symbolize"
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        "(British spelling) Alternative form of symbolize"
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  "word": "symbolise"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "symbolises",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "symbolising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "symbolised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "symbolised",
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, “Network News: Wait goes on for South Western Railway Arterios to start work”, in RAIL, number 948, page 9:",
          "text": "In summer 2020, the trains were unveiled at Wimbledon depot, and given the name Arterio. The operator said this symbolised its role as an artery for connecting the capital and beyond.",
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        }
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        "(British spelling) Alternative form of symbolize"
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  "word": "symbolise"
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