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symbolify

symbolify verb: to represent by a symbol; symbolize.

Verb

symbolify (third-person singular simple present symbolifies, present participle symbolifying, simple past and past participle symbolified)

  1. (transitive) To represent by a symbol; symbolize.
  2. (transitive) To convert into a symbol or symbols.

Forms of symbolify

third-person singular presentsymbolifies
present participlesymbolifying
past participlesymbolified
pastsymbolified

Origin of symbolify

From symbol + -ify.

Questions about symbolify

What does symbolify mean?
Symbolify means to represent by a symbol; symbolize.
What part of speech is symbolify?
Symbolify is a verb.
What is the past tense of symbolify?
The past tense of symbolify is symbolified.

Words near symbolify in the dictionary

  1. symbolics
  2. symbolification
  3. symbolifications
  4. symbolified
  5. symbolifies
  6. symbolify
  7. symbolifying
  8. symboling
  9. symbolisable
  10. symbolisation
  11. symbolisations

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