allegorise

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From allegory +‎ -ise.

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allegorise (third-person singular simple present allegorises, present participle allegorising, simple past and past participle allegorised)

  1. (transitive, British spelling) To create an allegory from some event or situation.
    For his explanation he will allegorise the problem.
  2. (intransitive, British spelling) To use allegory.

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