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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
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
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)

  1. (transitive) To kindle; set ablaze.
  2. (transitive) To adorn with glittering embellishments; cause to glitter or shine.
  3. (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.

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