SYM'BOLIZE, verb intransitive To have a resemblance of qualities or properties. The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of a single tone to the ear, but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony. They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying gasses. SYM'BOLIZE, verb transitive To make to agree in properties. 1. To make representative of something. Some symbolize the same from the mystery of its colors.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI