allegorize

AL'LEGORIZE, v.t.

1. To form an allegory; to turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.

2. To understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may be understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.

AL'LEGORIZE, v.i. To use allegory; as, a man may allegorize, to please his fancy.