symbolizev.¹

Brit.

/ˈsɪmbəlʌɪz/,

/ˈsɪmbl̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈsɪmbəˌlaɪz/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s sim-.

Etymology: < French symboliser, †-izer, < modern Latin symbolizāre , < symbolum symbol n.¹: see -ize suffix. Compare Italian simboleggiare to concur, simbolizzare to symbolize, Spanish simbolizar, Portuguese symbolizar.

I. Senses relating to agreement or union.

†1.

a. intransitive. To agree or harmonize in qualities or nature (or in some quality); symbolize with, to partake of the qualities or nature of; hence often = to be like, resemble. (A technical term of early physics, said of elements or other substances having qualities in common; hence in general use.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)]

accord1340

cord1340

concordc1374

agree1447

to stand togetherc1449

rhyme?a1475

commonc1475

gree?a1513

correspond1529

consent1540

cotton1567

pan1572

reciprocate1574

concur1576

meet1579

suit1589

sorta1592

condog1592

square1592

fit1594

congrue1600

sympathize1601

symbolize1605

to go even1607

coherea1616

congreea1616

hita1616

piece1622

to fall in1626

harmonize1629

consist1638

comply1645

shadow1648

quare1651

atonea1657

symphonize1661

syncretize1675

chime1690

jibe1813

consone1873

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken

bysenc1325

anliken1340

comparison1340

liken1340

figure1393

like?c1425

semblea1440

compare1447

comparagea1450

signifya1470

comparate?a1475

figurate?a1500

resemble1533

patterna1586

symbolize with1605

assimilatec1616

similize1620

symbolize1651

similarize1806

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 40 But Aire turne Water, Earth may Fierize, Because in one part they doo simbolize.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 481 Such Shape and Name..As with their Natures neerely symbolize.

1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. ii. xxxi. §15 Thrice happie is that Land..where ciuill pollicie and spiritual wisedome..doe rightly symbolize.

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell x. 131 The Brittaines in Wales, with whom..the Biscayner doth much symbolize in many things.

1687 H. More Answer to Psychopyrist (1689) 134 It is as much Spiritual as before, and does not herein symbolize with Matter, but approves itself contrary thereto.

a1711 T. Ken Sion iii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 387 You..Would tune your Harp to symbolize with me.

1816 T. Taylor Ess. VIII. 457 Our intellect, in a descending state, must aptly symbolize with the divinity of Ceres.

†b. To enter into union, combine, unite, as elements having qualities in common; to form a harmonious union or combination. Obsolete.In quot. 1601 apparently including the idea of transmutation of elements: cf. quots. 1605¹ at sense 1a, and 1660 s.v. symbolizing adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (intransitive)]

adjoin1483

combinate1578

meet1581

symbolize1601

cohere1606

to run together1662

consolidate1690

combine1712

to run into ——a1715

compound1727

accrete1730

amalgamate1797

concrete1853

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Fj The fyre, red-blushing of his fact ashamed, Clad him in Smoke, the smoke to Aire he turned, That aire to water, water earth receiued, Earth like the fyre to melt to water burned: Earth, Water, Aire, Fyre, symboliz'd in one, To quench, or coole, Oldcastl's Martyrdome.

a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) iv. 51 Affirming, that to associate by an uniform bond of conscience, for the protection..of Religion, and Liberty, would prove a more solid union, and symbolize far better against their Tyrannies, than any Factious combination in policy.

†c. transitive. To mix, combine, unite (elements or substances, esp. those of similar qualities). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)]

compoundc1384

combind1477

consolidate1511

combinea1535

conjoin1554

consociate1566

associate1578

mingle1587

symbolize1590

compack1605

cojoina1616

to run into ——1640

to put together1651

amalgamate1802

integrate1802

conferruminate1826

amalgam1827

synthetize1828

synthesize1830

portmanteau1902

team1939

synchronize1973

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. F7^v Water and ayre being simbolisde in one: Argue their want of courage and of wit.

1595 B. Barnes Divine Cent. Spirituall Sonnets lxxx. sig. F4 A Blast of winde, a momentarie breath, A watrie bubble simbolizde with ayre.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 351 The disease..proceedeth of too great aboundance of fleme and choler, simboliz'd together.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. iv. 12 These humours are simbolized or mixt through euery part of the body.

†d. To liken or compare, as having similar qualities or attributes. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken

bysenc1325

anliken1340

comparison1340

liken1340

figure1393

like?c1425

semblea1440

compare1447

comparagea1450

signifya1470

comparate?a1475

figurate?a1500

resemble1533

patterna1586

symbolize with1605

assimilatec1616

similize1620

symbolize1651

similarize1806

1651 Hermeticall Banquet B 2 I strike againe at this little World Man:..and the Head I Symbolize with the Elementary upper Regions, Fire and Aer.

2. intransitive. To agree in belief or practice (esp. religious); to hold the same opinions or principles; to comply, conform. Frequent in 17th cent., esp. in controversial use; now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > conformity > [verb (intransitive)]

symbolize1605

conform1622

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > conform

conform1393

to swim with or down the stream or the tide1592

symbolize1605

comply1655

to fall in (also into) line1837

to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1895

the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > hold faith [verb (intransitive)] > in accepted news

symbolize1605

to be sound on1856

1605 Answer Supposed Discov. Romish Doctr. 12 We haue not now an other Queene Marie..to be ioyned in mariadge with a potent Prince..; simbolizing with husband, conformitie in countrie discipline is neuer like to breed you scruples in this behalfe.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 35 With the Jew they symbolize..in circumcision, in refraining from swines flesh, in detestation of images.

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 154 [They] oft symbolize, and comply with the vulgar humor.

1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 69 To continue the use of those Garments, was in his [sc. Hooper's] opinion, to symbolize with Antichrist.

1845 E. Miall in Nonconformist 5 73 In early life Dr. Arnold appears to have been a republican,..of late years he symbolised principally with the whigs.

1869 A. W. Haddan Apostolical Succession Church Eng. (1879) ii. 30 Those who profess to be Churchmen, but in this particular symbolize with..Nonconformists.

II. Senses relating to symbolic representation.

3. transitive.

a. To represent by a symbol or symbols. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] > represent by symbol

symbolize1606

defigure1615

emblematize1830

moral1839

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 70 Under obscure and doubtfull titles symbolizing somewhat else.

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. i. §3 The thing symbolized I cal the sound quhilk the mouth utteres quhen the eie sees the symbol.

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. vii. §1 To symboliz right, the sound of the voual is first to be observed.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) iii. 59 A change of moral dispositions so entire as to be properly symbolized by calling it a new birth.

1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 47 Twelve halfpence..are thrown up, required the probability of all the cases which can happen, and which we shall symbolise thus: (H₃T₉) means that there are three heads and nine tails.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 55 They would go on singing, poetically symbolizing, as our modern Painters paint, when it was no longer from the innermost heart.

1864 Ellis in Reader 3 Sept. 304/1 To appreciate and symbolize the sounds is far more difficult than to utter them from the symbolization.

b. To be a symbol of; to represent or stand for, as a symbol; to typify.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)]

token971

to stand for ——a1387

presentc1390

discern?a1439

liken?c1450

adumbrate1537

figurate?1548

character1555

shadow1574

shade1591

characterize1594

symbolize1603

hieroglyphic1615

personatea1616

modelizea1628

similize1646

symptom1648

express1649

signaturize1669

image1778

embryo1831

symbol1832

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1316 Many..say, that the male wezill engendreth with the female by her eare, and that she bringeth forth her yoong at the mouth: which symbolizeth..the making and generation of speech.

1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Gloss. To Symbolize, that is, by certeine outward signes, to signifie some hidden things: Thus an eie symbolizeth vigilancy.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 9 But consider whether Bunyan's Allegory could have preceded the Faith it symbolizes! The Faith had to be already there,..of which the Allegory could then become a shadow.

1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. lxxxiv. 6 As the valley of weeping symbolizes dejection, so a ‘well’ symbolizes ever-flowing salvation and comfort.

1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 1 The owl, which is the crest, symbolizes wisdom and learning.

4. To make into or treat as a symbol; to regard as symbolic or emblematic. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] > regard as symbolic

symbolize1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. iv. 347 Some pious and Christian pens have onely symboliz'd the same [sc. the rainbow] from the mystery of its colours.

1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vii. i. 292 We reade in Pierius, that an Apple was the Hieroglyphick of Love..; and there want not some who have symbolized the Apple of Paradise unto such constructions.

1903 [implied in: J. C. Lambert Sacraments in N.T. ix. 370 They themselves no more think of taking ἐστι literally..than the barest symboliser does. (at symbolizer n. 3)].

III. Senses relating to religious belief.

5. To formulate or express in a creed or confession of faith: cf. symbol n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > [verb (transitive)] > formulate

symbolize1895

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Symbolize..4. To formulate into a creed or confession of faith; as, the Council of Nicea symbolized the orthodox faith.

1912 W. W. Peyton in Contemp. Rev. Jan. 101 Chalmers..had his doubts about the symbolised metaphysics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	symbolize
释义	symbolizev.¹ Brit. /ˈsɪmbəlʌɪz/, /ˈsɪmbl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɪmbəˌlaɪz/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s sim-. Etymology: < French symboliser, †-izer, < modern Latin symbolizāre , < symbolum symbol n.¹: see -ize suffix. Compare Italian simboleggiare to concur, simbolizzare to symbolize, Spanish simbolizar, Portuguese symbolizar. I. Senses relating to agreement or union. †1. a. intransitive. To agree or harmonize in qualities or nature (or in some quality); symbolize with, to partake of the qualities or nature of; hence often = to be like, resemble. (A technical term of early physics, said of elements or other substances having qualities in common; hence in general use.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)] accord1340 cord1340 concordc1374 agree1447 to stand togetherc1449 rhyme?a1475 commonc1475 gree?a1513 correspond1529 consent1540 cotton1567 pan1572 reciprocate1574 concur1576 meet1579 suit1589 sorta1592 condog1592 square1592 fit1594 congrue1600 sympathize1601 symbolize1605 to go even1607 coherea1616 congreea1616 hita1616 piece1622 to fall in1626 harmonize1629 consist1638 comply1645 shadow1648 quare1651 atonea1657 symphonize1661 syncretize1675 chime1690 jibe1813 consone1873 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken bysenc1325 anliken1340 comparison1340 liken1340 figure1393 like?c1425 semblea1440 compare1447 comparagea1450 signifya1470 comparate?a1475 figurate?a1500 resemble1533 patterna1586 symbolize with1605 assimilatec1616 similize1620 symbolize1651 similarize1806 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 40 But Aire turne Water, Earth may Fierize, Because in one part they doo simbolize. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 481 Such Shape and Name..As with their Natures neerely symbolize. 1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. ii. xxxi. §15 Thrice happie is that Land..where ciuill pollicie and spiritual wisedome..doe rightly symbolize. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell x. 131 The Brittaines in Wales, with whom..the Biscayner doth much symbolize in many things. 1687 H. More Answer to Psychopyrist (1689) 134 It is as much Spiritual as before, and does not herein symbolize with Matter, but approves itself contrary thereto. a1711 T. Ken Sion iii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 387 You..Would tune your Harp to symbolize with me. 1816 T. Taylor Ess. VIII. 457 Our intellect, in a descending state, must aptly symbolize with the divinity of Ceres. †b. To enter into union, combine, unite, as elements having qualities in common; to form a harmonious union or combination. Obsolete.In quot. 1601 apparently including the idea of transmutation of elements: cf. quots. 1605¹ at sense 1a, and 1660 s.v. symbolizing adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (intransitive)] adjoin1483 combinate1578 meet1581 symbolize1601 cohere1606 to run together1662 consolidate1690 combine1712 to run into ——a1715 compound1727 accrete1730 amalgamate1797 concrete1853 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Fj The fyre, red-blushing of his fact ashamed, Clad him in Smoke, the smoke to Aire he turned, That aire to water, water earth receiued, Earth like the fyre to melt to water burned: Earth, Water, Aire, Fyre, symboliz'd in one, To quench, or coole, Oldcastl's Martyrdome. a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) iv. 51 Affirming, that to associate by an uniform bond of conscience, for the protection..of Religion, and Liberty, would prove a more solid union, and symbolize far better against their Tyrannies, than any Factious combination in policy. †c. transitive. To mix, combine, unite (elements or substances, esp. those of similar qualities). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] compoundc1384 combind1477 consolidate1511 combinea1535 conjoin1554 consociate1566 associate1578 mingle1587 symbolize1590 compack1605 cojoina1616 to run into ——1640 to put together1651 amalgamate1802 integrate1802 conferruminate1826 amalgam1827 synthetize1828 synthesize1830 portmanteau1902 team1939 synchronize1973 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. F7^v Water and ayre being simbolisde in one: Argue their want of courage and of wit. 1595 B. Barnes Divine Cent. Spirituall Sonnets lxxx. sig. F4 A Blast of winde, a momentarie breath, A watrie bubble simbolizde with ayre. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 351 The disease..proceedeth of too great aboundance of fleme and choler, simboliz'd together. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. iv. 12 These humours are simbolized or mixt through euery part of the body. †d. To liken or compare, as having similar qualities or attributes. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken bysenc1325 anliken1340 comparison1340 liken1340 figure1393 like?c1425 semblea1440 compare1447 comparagea1450 signifya1470 comparate?a1475 figurate?a1500 resemble1533 patterna1586 symbolize with1605 assimilatec1616 similize1620 symbolize1651 similarize1806 1651 Hermeticall Banquet B 2 I strike againe at this little World Man:..and the Head I Symbolize with the Elementary upper Regions, Fire and Aer. 2. intransitive. To agree in belief or practice (esp. religious); to hold the same opinions or principles; to comply, conform. Frequent in 17th cent., esp. in controversial use; now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > conformity > [verb (intransitive)] symbolize1605 conform1622 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > conform conform1393 to swim with or down the stream or the tide1592 symbolize1605 comply1655 to fall in (also into) line1837 to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1895 the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > hold faith [verb (intransitive)] > in accepted news symbolize1605 to be sound on1856 1605 Answer Supposed Discov. Romish Doctr. 12 We haue not now an other Queene Marie..to be ioyned in mariadge with a potent Prince..; simbolizing with husband, conformitie in countrie discipline is neuer like to breed you scruples in this behalfe. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 35 With the Jew they symbolize..in circumcision, in refraining from swines flesh, in detestation of images. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 154 [They] oft symbolize, and comply with the vulgar humor. 1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 69 To continue the use of those Garments, was in his [sc. Hooper's] opinion, to symbolize with Antichrist. 1845 E. Miall in Nonconformist 5 73 In early life Dr. Arnold appears to have been a republican,..of late years he symbolised principally with the whigs. 1869 A. W. Haddan Apostolical Succession Church Eng. (1879) ii. 30 Those who profess to be Churchmen, but in this particular symbolize with..Nonconformists. II. Senses relating to symbolic representation. 3. transitive. a. To represent by a symbol or symbols. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] > represent by symbol symbolize1606 defigure1615 emblematize1830 moral1839 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 70 Under obscure and doubtfull titles symbolizing somewhat else. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. i. §3 The thing symbolized I cal the sound quhilk the mouth utteres quhen the eie sees the symbol. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. vii. §1 To symboliz right, the sound of the voual is first to be observed. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) iii. 59 A change of moral dispositions so entire as to be properly symbolized by calling it a new birth. 1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 47 Twelve halfpence..are thrown up, required the probability of all the cases which can happen, and which we shall symbolise thus: (H₃T₉) means that there are three heads and nine tails. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 55 They would go on singing, poetically symbolizing, as our modern Painters paint, when it was no longer from the innermost heart. 1864 Ellis in Reader 3 Sept. 304/1 To appreciate and symbolize the sounds is far more difficult than to utter them from the symbolization. b. To be a symbol of; to represent or stand for, as a symbol; to typify. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] token971 to stand for ——a1387 presentc1390 discern?a1439 liken?c1450 adumbrate1537 figurate?1548 character1555 shadow1574 shade1591 characterize1594 symbolize1603 hieroglyphic1615 personatea1616 modelizea1628 similize1646 symptom1648 express1649 signaturize1669 image1778 embryo1831 symbol1832 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1316 Many..say, that the male wezill engendreth with the female by her eare, and that she bringeth forth her yoong at the mouth: which symbolizeth..the making and generation of speech. 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Gloss. To Symbolize, that is, by certeine outward signes, to signifie some hidden things: Thus an eie symbolizeth vigilancy. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 9 But consider whether Bunyan's Allegory could have preceded the Faith it symbolizes! The Faith had to be already there,..of which the Allegory could then become a shadow. 1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. lxxxiv. 6 As the valley of weeping symbolizes dejection, so a ‘well’ symbolizes ever-flowing salvation and comfort. 1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 1 The owl, which is the crest, symbolizes wisdom and learning. 4. To make into or treat as a symbol; to regard as symbolic or emblematic. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] > regard as symbolic symbolize1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. iv. 347 Some pious and Christian pens have onely symboliz'd the same [sc. the rainbow] from the mystery of its colours. View more context for this quotation 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vii. i. 292 We reade in Pierius, that an Apple was the Hieroglyphick of Love..; and there want not some who have symbolized the Apple of Paradise unto such constructions. 1903 [implied in: J. C. Lambert Sacraments in N.T. ix. 370 They themselves no more think of taking ἐστι literally..than the barest symboliser does. (at symbolizer n. 3)]. III. Senses relating to religious belief. 5. To formulate or express in a creed or confession of faith: cf. symbol n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > [verb (transitive)] > formulate symbolize1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Symbolize..4. To formulate into a creed or confession of faith; as, the Council of Nicea symbolized the orthodox faith. 1912 W. W. Peyton in Contemp. Rev. Jan. 101 Chalmers..had his doubts about the symbolised metaphysics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † symbolizev.² Etymology: < symbol n.² + -ize suffix. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. (See quot. 1656.) ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia To Symbolize..to joyn purses, or pay rateably towards any charge, to club. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.¹1590v.²1656
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