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Definition of "analogize" []

  • To make an analogy of or concerning: analogize the human brain to a computer. (verb-transitive)
  • To reason by or use analogy. (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.

Use "analogize" in a sentence
  • "Again, its because I had the "advantage" of working in banking and saw this coming, but I kind of analogize it to being in the 101st Airborne during the"
  • "This, he felt, was an offensive effort on the part of Pelosi and Lewis to analogize themselves to the civil rights movement:"
  • "From trademark, the Abercrombie spectrum: self consciously about words; courts try to analogize when dealing with other visual symbols or sounds, or throw up their hands and say never mind, secondary meaning is required."