Definition of Symbolising

1. Noun. The act of representing something with a symbol.

Exact synonyms: Symbolizing
Generic synonyms: Figuration
Derivative terms: Symbolize

Definition of Symbolising

1. Verb. (present participle of symbolise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Symbolising

1. symbolise [v] - See also: symbolise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Symbolising

symbolic representation
symbolic speech
symbolical
symbolically
symbolicalness
symbolicism
symbolicisms
symbolics
symboling
symbolisable
symbolisation
symbolise
symbolised
symboliser
symbolises
symbolising (current term)
symbolism
symbolisms
symbolist
symbolistic
symbolists
symbolizable
symbolization
symbolizations
symbolize
symbolized
symbolizer
symbolizers
symbolizes
symbolizing

Literary usage of Symbolising

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Insanity and allied neuroses: A Practical and Clinical Manual by George Henry Savage, Edwin Goodall (1907)
"... insanity with exaltation—Delusional insanity with jealousy—symbolising insanity—Paranoia. Chronic insanity associated with hallucinations and delusion*. ..."

2. On the Study of Celtic Literature ; And, On Translating Homer by Matthew Arnold (1883)
"... the sword, symbolising the god of battles of the Teutonic Scythians.1 And after philo- 1 See Les Scythes les Ancetres des Peuples Germaniques et Slaves, ..."

3. The Anatomy of Knowledge: An Essay in Objective Logic by Charles E. Hooper (1906)
"A Method of symbolising the Sciences. The distinction between the respective object- matters of the concrete and abstract sciences may be diagrammatically ..."

4. The Indians of the Terraced Houses by Charles Francis Saunders (1912)
"The older potters often introduced figures of birds, as in the upper right-hand jar, symbolising lightness. Water-jars of Santo Domingo. ..."

5. History of Scottish Seals from the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century, with by Walter de Gray Birch (1907)
"rose, like the lily, symbolising the purity and sweetness of the mother, who is the "Rosa Munda non Rosa Mundi" of mediaeval lore. ..."

6. Mental Physiology: Especially in Its Relations to Mental Disorders by Theophilus Bulkeley Hyslop (1895)
"... View of the Forebrain; Waller's View, based upon Psychological Inference—Value of the Logical Mode of symbolising Neural ..."

7. Insanity and allied neuroses: A Practical and Clinical Manual by George Henry Savage, Edwin Goodall (1907)
"... insanity with exaltation—Delusional insanity with jealousy—symbolising insanity—Paranoia. Chronic insanity associated with hallucinations and delusion*. ..."

8. On the Study of Celtic Literature ; And, On Translating Homer by Matthew Arnold (1883)
"... the sword, symbolising the god of battles of the Teutonic Scythians.1 And after philo- 1 See Les Scythes les Ancetres des Peuples Germaniques et Slaves, ..."

9. The Anatomy of Knowledge: An Essay in Objective Logic by Charles E. Hooper (1906)
"A Method of symbolising the Sciences. The distinction between the respective object- matters of the concrete and abstract sciences may be diagrammatically ..."

10. The Indians of the Terraced Houses by Charles Francis Saunders (1912)
"The older potters often introduced figures of birds, as in the upper right-hand jar, symbolising lightness. Water-jars of Santo Domingo. ..."

11. History of Scottish Seals from the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century, with by Walter de Gray Birch (1907)
"rose, like the lily, symbolising the purity and sweetness of the mother, who is the "Rosa Munda non Rosa Mundi" of mediaeval lore. ..."

12. Mental Physiology: Especially in Its Relations to Mental Disorders by Theophilus Bulkeley Hyslop (1895)
"... View of the Forebrain; Waller's View, based upon Psychological Inference—Value of the Logical Mode of symbolising Neural ..."

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