Allegorizing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allegorize \Al"le*go*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allegorized};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Allegorizing}.] [Cf. F. all['e]goriser, fr.
     L. allegorizare.]
     1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the
        history of a people.
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     2. To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical
        sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood
        literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative
        sense is said to allegorize it.
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