dictionary definitions for "emblazon"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emblazon \Em*bla"zon\, v. 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.
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     2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to
        display pompously; to decorate.
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              The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in
              commemoration of the illustrious pair. --Prescott.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  emblazon
      v 1: decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm
           tones" [syn: color, colour, emblazon]
      2: decorate with heraldic arms [syn: emblazon, blazon]


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