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What is the verb for symbol?

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symbolize
  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.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The wings are added to represent the entry into combat via air, and the bendlets symbolize the unit's parachute drops into combat.”
      “You can drive yourself batty trying to figure out what every color is supposed to symbolize.”
      “Micheaux uses the novel's two primary settings, South Dakota and Chicago, to symbolize these two states of being.”
symbolise
  1. To be symbolic of; to represent.
  2. Examples:
    1. “They think that flags should be used with respect for the ideals that they symbolise, and in accordance with established protocol.”
      “It seemed to me to symbolise how the Northern conflict had effaced so much personal history.”
      “And of course Buddhists still use it to symbolise the feet or footprints of the Buddha.”
symbolizing
symbol
symbolizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of symbolize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The cross counterchanging symbolizes the cross-cultural influence of both races upon each other.”
      “Actually, it's a cross between a soaring bird and a fountain pen, which I guess symbolizes how writers create things that take flight.”
      “The humanist notion symbolizes for me our basic human needs and personal achievements.”
symbolises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of symbolise
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Ironically, it was actually an album released at the beginning of the next decade, which perhaps best symbolises this period of change.”
      “The uncertainty symbolises the current confusion over the role of the arts, the group declare.”
      “He symbolises great tolerance, and dogged persistence in the face of adversity.”
symbolizeth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of symbolize
symbolizest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of symbolize
symbolised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of symbolise
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A prayer book which was offered symbolised our devotion and thanks to God for his goodness.”
      “Witches were no longer young and seductive, but old crones, who symbolised the bad mothers of nightmare.”
      “Her pulsating energy is normally symbolised by a frazzle of electrocuted hair.”
symbolized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of symbolize
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This caring is best symbolized by their efforts to save each other from the potter's field.”
      “From olden times the principle of gentleness has been symbolized by a willow branch or a bamboo, which is pliant and not easily broken.”
      “Both symbolized values that were the antithesis of Soviet Marxism and Americanized consumerism.”
symboled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of symbol
symbolled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of symbol
symbolising
  1. present participle of symbolise
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “On the main wall opposite the entrance the apostles Peter and Paul are pointing towards the Christogram symbolising the presence of Christ.”
      “The exhibition ends with a display symbolising man's final triumph in his conquest of the skies.”
      “Chinese does not have an alphabet, but characters representing words, formed from stokes symbolising syllables.”
symboling
  1. present participle of symbol
  2. Examples:
    1. “Nicole bought a silver charm bracelet with two hands on it symboling best friends.”
      “Craftsmen carved flowers or other patterns symboling good wishes into the doors, adding to the elegance and beauty of the dwellings.”
      “An accounting system and symboling would have been useful to them.”
symbolling
  1. present participle of symbol
  2. Examples:
    1. “Among the rarest copper coins was one of Carausius, with two heads on it symbolling the ambition of our native usurper to assert empire.”
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