Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Symbolized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Symbolizing}.] [Cf. F. symboliser.]
   1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to
      correspond; to harmonize.

            The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing
            of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of
            order doth symbolize with harmony.    --Bacon.

            They both symbolize in this, that they love to look
            upon themselves through multiplying glasses.
                                                  --Howell.

   2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.]

            The believers in pretended miracles have always
            previously symbolized with the performers of them.
                                                  --G. S. Faber.

   3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.

Source : WordNet®

symbolizing
     n : the act of representing something with a symbol [syn: {symbolising}]