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

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan