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Webster 1913 Edition


Emblazon

Em-bla′zon

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Emblazoned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Emblazoning
.]
[Pref.
em-
+
blazon
. Cf.
Emblaze
.]
1.
To depict or represent; – said of heraldic bearings. See
Blazon
.
2.
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.
Prescott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Emblazon

EMBLA'ZON

,
Verb.
T.
embla'zn.
1.
To adorn with figures of heraldry or ensigns armorial.
2.
To deck in glaring colors; to display pompously.
We find Augustus--emblazoned by the poets.

Definition 2024


emblazon

emblazon

English

Verb

emblazon (third-person singular simple present emblazons, present participle emblazoning, simple past and past participle emblazoned)

  1. (transitive) To adorn with prominent markings.
  2. (transitive) To inscribe upon.
    The benefactor's image is emblazoned on our memory.
  3. (transitive, heraldry) To draw (a coat of arms).
  4. (transitive) To celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit.

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