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em⋅bla⋅zon

   [em-bley-zuhn]
–verb (used with object)
1. to depict, as on an escutcheon in heraldry.
2. to decorate with brilliant colors.
3. to proclaim; celebrate or extol.
Origin:
1585–95; em- 1 + blazon
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em·bla·zon     (ěm-blā'zən)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   em·bla·zoned, em·bla·zon·ing, em·bla·zons
    1. To adorn (a surface) richly with prominent markings: emblazon a doorway with a coat of arms.
    2. To inscribe (a prominent marking) on a surface: emblazon a cross on a banner.
  2. To make resplendent with brilliant colors.
  3. To make illustrious; celebrate: emblazoning a heroine's deeds in song.
em·bla'zon·er n., em·bla'zon·ment n.
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emblazon 
"inscribe conspicuously," also "extol," 1592, from en- + blazon.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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emblazon

verb
1. decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones" [syn: color] 
2. decorate with heraldic arms 

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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.

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's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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