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To express as or in the form of an allegory: a story of barnyard animals that allegorizes the fate of Soviet socialism.
(verb-transitive)
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To interpret allegorically: allegorize the quest for the Holy Grail as an inner spiritual search.
(verb-transitive)
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To use or make allegory: sculptors who rendered the moral world by allegorizing.
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.