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Emblazon   Listen
verb
Emblazon  v. t.  (past & past part. emblazoned; pres. part. emblazoning)  
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."






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"Emblazon" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dene. We may be worthy, we may have our good points, but we are not brilliant (except the cook). Should Mr. Fleming fail to impress you as a person of striking personality, I ask you, as a favour, not to emblazon that impression on every feature: should he address to you a remark that you do not find interesting, and it is quite conceivable that he may—do not glare at him ...
— The Daughters of Danaus • Mona Caird

... muscle but of vaster Mind, Smiled at his grandsire's broadsword, bow and bill, And learn'd to wield the Pencil and the Quill. The glowing canvas and the written page Immortaliz'd his name from age to age, His name emblazon'd on Fame's temple wall; For Art grew great as Humankind grew small. Thus man's long progress step by step we trace; The Giant dies, the hero takes his place; The Giant vile, the dull heroic Block: At one we shudder and at one we mock. Man ...
— Crome Yellow • Aldous Huxley



Words linked to "Emblazon" :   artistic creation, decorate, adorn, blazon, artistic production, miniate, art, color, colour, ornament, embellish, grace, beautify



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