ɹɛp.ɹɪ.ˈzɛnt ˈsɪmbəlaɪz ˈtɪpɪfaɪ

express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize? represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols The poet symbolizes love in this poem These painters believed that artists should symbolize