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metaphorize

Verb. To make something into a metaphor in order to change something to make it more vague or poetry-like.

Dalia wrote a poem about her and her boyfriend, but she didn't want her English teacher to know what it was about. She metaphorized it into a poem about two hummingbirds.

by Tricia McMillan May 9, 2008

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