Associations to the word «Symbolise»

Wiktionary

SYMBOLISE, verb. To be symbolic of; to represent.

Dictionary definition

SYMBOLISE, verb. Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize".
SYMBOLISE, verb. Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke