Associations to the word «Symbolize»

Wiktionary

SYMBOLIZE, verb. (transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent.
SYMBOLIZE, verb. (intransitive) To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
SYMBOLIZE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
SYMBOLIZE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To hold the same faith; to agree.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn