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What does symbolize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word symbolize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent.
  2. (intransitive) To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To hold the same faith; to agree.
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Some male executives make a point of brewing their own coffee to symbolize their professed non-sexist orientation.
She sat under the boughs of a tree and cried, and her tears formed this pool, this pool the direst of blue to symbolize her sorrow.
Three beads of wampum separating the two purple rows symbolize peace, friendship and respect.
Micheaux uses the novel's two primary settings, South Dakota and Chicago, to symbolize these two states of being.
By providing them with the shorts it was intended to symbolize the spiritual and mental breakaway from traditional dress and thought.
Professional values also symbolize the democratic processes that key interest groups in the enterprise expect.

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