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emblazon
[ em-bley-zuhn ]
verb (used with object)
- to put a design on (a surface) in a prominent place:
The shirt was emblazoned with the company's motto.
- Heraldry. to put (a design or depiction) on a coat of arms.
- to proclaim; celebrate or extol.
emblazon
/ ɪmˈbleɪzən /
verb
- to describe, portray, or colour (arms) according to the conventions of heraldry
- to portray heraldic arms on (a shield, one's notepaper, etc)
- to make bright or splendid, as with colours, flowers, etc
- to glorify, praise, or extol, often so as to attract great publicity
his feat was emblazoned on the front page
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Derived Forms
- emˈblazonment, noun
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Other Words From
- em·bla·zon·er noun
- un·em·bla·zoned adjective
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Example Sentences
“No means no,” reads a pair of lacy underwear, while “Consent is Sexy,” and, “Respect,” emblazon others.
There is perhaps a reference to the sense of emblazon, which is from M.E. blazen, to blaze abroad, to proclaim.
When two hundred years have taken all these natural pains to illustrate and emblazon 'Richard Oglethorpe 1613.'
She has a right to emblazon all that will honour her deceased husband.
Yes, Hubert was now an esquire; now he had a right to carry a shield and emblazon it with the arms of Walderne.
They carve them on door-posts and pillars, and emblazon them on the walls and ceilings in gilt letters.
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