Noah Webster
Allegorize
AL'LEGORIZE, verb transitive
1. To form an allegory; to turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
2. To understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may be understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.
AL'LEGORIZE, verb intransitive To use allegory; as, a man may allegorize to please his fancy.