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[
em-
blem
-
uh
-tahyz
]
em·blem·a·tize
/
ɛmˈblɛm
əˌtaɪz
/
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em-
blem
-
uh
-tahyz
]
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verb (used with object),
-tized,
-tiz·ing.
to serve as an emblem of; represent by an emblem.
Also,
especially British
,
em·blem·a·tise
.
Origin:
1605–15;
emblemat-
(
see
emblematic
) +
-ize
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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to spend time idly; loaf.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to flee; abscond:
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
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emblematize
,
emblemize
,
emblematise
or
emblemise
(ɛmˈblɛməˌtaɪz, ˈɛmbləˌmaɪz)
—
vb
1.
to function as an emblem of; symbolize
2.
to represent by or as by an emblem
emblemize
,
emblemize
,
emblematise
or
emblemise
—
vb
emblematise
,
emblemize
,
emblematise
or
emblemise
—
vb
emblemise
,
emblemize
,
emblematise
or
emblemise
—
vb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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