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Symbolize vs Meru - What's the difference?

symbolize | meru |

As a verb symbolize

is to be symbolic of; to represent.

As a proper noun meru is

mount meru, the abode of the gods at the center of the universe in hindu, jain, and buddhist traditions or meru can be the ameru people of kenya.

symbolize

English

Alternative forms

* symbolise (UK )

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To be symbolic of; to represent.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
  • To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
  • (obsolete) To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • The pleasing of colour symbolizeth' with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth ' symbolize with harmony.
  • * Howell
  • They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses.
  • (obsolete) To hold the same faith; to agree.
  • * G. S. Faber
  • The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them.

    Derived terms

    * nonsymbolizing

    meru

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (Mount Meru) (Sumeru)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Mount Meru, the abode of the gods at the center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions
  • Usage notes
    Usually prefaced by Mount''. Sumeru is the same name, prefixed by ''su- ("splendid, wonderful"), but is sometimes used to distinguish the Buddhist traditions regarding the mountain from the Hindu and Jain ones.
    Synonyms
    * Sumeru * Mount Meru

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) Ameru (Meru people) (Meru language)

    Proper noun

    (head)
  • The Ameru people of Kenya
  • The Ameru language
  • Anagrams

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