"symbolize" in the verb sense
1. typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
express indirectly by an image, form, or model be a symbol
"What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
2. symbolize, symbolise
represent or identify by using a symbol use symbols
"The poet symbolizes love in this poem"
"These painters believed that artists should symbolize"
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