Al″le‐go‐rize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Allegorized (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Allegorizing.] [Cf. F. allégoriser, fr. L. allegorizare.] 1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
2. To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.