metaphorize, v.
(ˈmɛtəfəraɪz)
[f. metaphor + -ize. Cf. F. métaphoriser.]
trans. a. To change metaphorically into. b. To ply with metaphor.
| 1731 J. Constable Reflections Accuracy of Style 100, I wish too, that..the vanity of metaphorizing did not put several upon a greater stretch of thoughts than their wit will bear. 1789 T. Twining Aristotle's Treat. Poetry (1812) II. 292 Every reader will recollect Milton's beautiful application of this metaphor..to the dew-drops, metaphorized into pearls. 1801 Southey Let. 25 July in Life (1850) II. 153 Every character [in the play] reasoning, and metaphorising, and metaphysicking the reader most nauseously. 1909 N.Y. Even. Post 27 Nov. 5 However agitated or depressed they may be, they must go on metaphorising. 1949 Wellek & Warren Theory of Lit. xv. 202 We metaphorize also what we love, what we want to linger over, and contemplate. |