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Meaning of allegorizo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[al.leː.ɡɔˈrɪz.zoː]

Definitions

(intransitive) to speak in allegories, allegorise or allegorize

Late-Latin, conjugation-1, no-supine

Examples

“208, Tertullianus, Adversus Marcionem, IV.xvii.12”

For in applying to these heretics the figurative words which Christ used of men in general, we shall make a much more suitable interpretation of them than if we were to deduce out of them two gods, according to Marcion's grievous exposition. (Source of translation)

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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