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Webster 1913 Edition
Emblazon
Em-bla′zon
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Emblazoned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Emblazoning
.] 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.
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)
- (transitive) To adorn with prominent markings.
- (transitive) To inscribe upon.
- The benefactor's image is emblazoned on our memory.
- (transitive, heraldry) To draw (a coat of arms).
- (transitive) To celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit.
Derived terms
Translations
to inscribe upon
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heraldry: to draw a coat of arms