symbolize

IPA: sˈɪmbʌɫaɪz

(transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent.
(intransitive) To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
(intransitive, obsolete) To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
(intransitive, obsolete) To hold the same faith; to agree.

Examples of "symbolize" in Sentences

These days, gold-wrapped chocolate coins symbolize wealth.
At a deeper level, however, the books are very different, and their titles symbolize the difference.
European terms "colony," "dependence" and "empire," and the theory which these terms symbolize, have been true to the American System.
"Eggs symbolize fertility, and the Chinese word for shrimp sounds like the word for laughter and smile, which is great for a relationship," said Ming Tsai.
Neither glamorous enough to be New York nor glitzy enough to be Los Angeles, what San Antonio has come to symbolize is a basketball team that has never needed a marquee or spotlight to prosper.
If it does, I fear greatly for the future of my country, for the new Republican party that Bush appears to symbolize is a toxic combination of plutocracy, intolerance, and foreign misadventure.