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interpret vs allegorise

allegorise vs interpret

interpret and allegorise both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
interpret No No Yes No
allegorise No No Yes No
As verbs, allegorise is a hyponym of interpret; that is, allegorise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than interpret:
  • interpret: make sense of; assign a meaning to
  • allegorise: interpret as an allegory
Other hyponyms of interpret include be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand, read between the lines, mythicise, mythicize, literalise, literalize, spiritualise, spiritualize, reinterpret, allegorize, read, take, read, read, scan, draw out, educe, elicit, evoke, extract.
interpret (verb) allegorise (verb)
make sense of; assign a meaning to make into an allegory
make sense of a language interpret as an allegory
give an interpretation or explanation to
restate (words) from one language into another language
give an interpretation or rendition of
create an image or likeness of
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