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Webster 1913 Edition
Emblaze
Em-blaze′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Emblazed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Emblazing
.] [Pref.
em-
+ 1st blaze
.] 1.
To adorn with glittering embellishments.
No weeping orphan saw his father’s stores
Our shrines irradiate, or
Our shrines irradiate, or
emblaze
the floors. Pope.
2.
To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon.
[Archaic]
The imperial ensign, . . . streaming to the wind,
With gems and golden luster rich
With gems and golden luster rich
emblazed
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Emblaze
EMBLA'ZE
, v.t.1.
To adorn with glittering embellishments.No weeping orphan saw his father's stores
Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors.
2.
To blazon; to paint or adorn with figures armorial.The imperial ensign, streaming to the wind,
With gems and golden luster rich emblazed.
Definition 2024
emblaze
emblaze
English
Verb
emblaze (third-person singular simple present emblazes, present participle emblazing, simple past and past participle emblazed)
- (transitive) To kindle; set ablaze.
- (transitive) To adorn with glittering embellishments; cause to glitter or shine.
- (transitive, poetic) To illuminate; to etch or display in a bright, fiery way; blazon.
- 1915, Robert Tuttle Morris, Doctors Versus Folks
- When a window screen is emblazed with a pretty design, one cannot look into the room beyond because of arrest of vision by the figure upon the screen.
- 1997, Delerium (band), Euphoria (Firefly) (song)
- This feeling emblazed inside. / Every nerve like a firefly.
- 1915, Robert Tuttle Morris, Doctors Versus Folks