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emblemmed

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em⋅blem

  [em-bluhm]
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–noun
1. an object or its representation, symbolizing a quality, state, class of persons, etc.; symbol: The olive branch is an emblem of peace.
2. a sign, design, or figure that identifies or represents something: the emblem of a school.
3. an allegorical picture, often inscribed with a motto supplemental to the visual image with which it forms a single unit of meaning.
4. Obsolete. an inlaid or tessellated ornament.
–verb (used with object)
5. to represent with an emblem.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L emblēma inlaid or mosaic work < Gk émblēma something put on, equiv. to em- em- 2 + blêma something thrown or put; cf. embállein to throw in or on

Synonyms:
1. token, sign, figure, image, device, badge.
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Word Origin & History

emblem 
c.1430, from Fr. embleme "symbol," from L. emblema "inlaid ornamental work," from Gk. emblema (gen. emblematos) "embossed ornament," lit. "insertion," from emballein "to insert," lit. "to throw in," from em- "in" + ballein "to throw."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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