| 单词 |
allegorizing |
| 释义 |
▪ I. allegorizing, vbl. n.|ˈælɪgəˌraɪzɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The treatment or expounding of anything as an allegory; the using of allegories.
1579W. Fulke Heskins's Parl. 11 His wicked allegorizing vpon the scriptures. 1677R. Gilpin Dæmon. Sac. (1867) 164 Upon the occasion of Origen's allegorizing. 1751Jortin Serm. (1771) I. i. 2 The Pagan Philosophers fell into the Allegorizing way. 1880Saintsbury in Academy 3 Jan. 6/1 The open allegorising which simply makes use of the unfamiliar appliances to tell a familiar story. ▪ II. allegorizing, ppl. a.|ˈælɪgəˌraɪzɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Converting into or treating as an allegory.
1860Ellicott Life of our Lord viii. 405 The interesting, but too minutely allegorizing comments of Augustine. |

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