ALLEGORIZE
\ˈalɪɡəɹˌa͡ɪz], \ˈalɪɡəɹˌaɪz], \ˈa_l_ɪ_ɡ_ə_ɹ_ˌaɪ_z]\
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To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.