tropologize
/trəˈpɒlədʒaɪz/ /trɒˈpɒlədʒaɪz/(also tropologise) Now somewhat rare
verb
[with object] To change (a person or thing) by a trope or metaphor; to use (something) in a tropological sense. Also without object: to use troplogical interpretation.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Ralph Cudworth (1617–1688), philosopher and theologian. From tropology + -ize, originally after Hellenistic Greek τροπολογεῖν.