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Emblazon v. t. (past & past part. emblazoned; pres. part. emblazoning)

To depict or represent; said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate. "The walls were... emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair."

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Etymology of 'Emblazon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Emblazon" Quotes from Famous Books

... probably desire by every means in his power to suppress anything suggestive of his unsubstantial title to the crown. It might be by his particular desire that his mother assumed the full regal shield, on which to emblazon arms differing but slightly from those ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 • Various

... Fame claims the hero And patriot sage Their names to emblazon On History's page, No holier relics Will Liberty hoard Than Franklin's staff guarded ...

— See America First • Orville O. Hiestand

... avoid it, manual labor is considered the most insufferable of human pursuits. It is a pill that the Tolstois, the "communities" and the "Knights" of Labor can not sugarcoat. We may prate of the dignity of labor; emblazon its praise upon banners; set apart a day on which to stop work and celebrate it; shout our teeth loose in its glorification—and, God help our fool souls to better sense, we think we ...

— The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays - 1909 • Ambrose Bierce

... noblest of the land We lay the sage to rest, And give the bard an honor'd place, With costly marble drest, In the great minster transept Where lights like glories fall, And the organ rings, and the sweet choir sings Along the emblazon'd wall. ...

— Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two • Various

... the hero And patriot sage, Their names to emblazon On History's page, No holier relics Will liberty hoard Than FRANKLIN's staff, guarded ...

— Poems • George P. Morris

Words linked to "Emblazon" : artistic creation, decorate, adorn, artistic production, ornament, colour, blazon, beautify, grace, art