Index of English words, starting with "al"

(1) - Allegorical (a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.

(1) - Allegorist (n.) One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.

(1) - Allegorization (n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

(1) - Allegorize (v. t.) To use allegory.
(2) - Allegorize (v. t.) To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.
(3) - Allegorize (v. t.) To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.