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Definition of emblazon :
1. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.
2. To depict or represent; - said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.
Synonyms:
discolour, color in, gloss, advertise, illuminate, embellish, colour in, colour, celebrate, colorize, colorise, distort, glorify, discolor, herald, blazon, extol, praise, colourise, colourize, tinge, color
ornament (part of speech: verb)
bedeck, prettify, dandify, garnish, decorate, enrich, trim, gild, festoon, ornament, adorn, bedizen, crown
Usage examples:
- The people of Pontormo, his native town, were so proud of him, that they sent for him to emblazon the arms of Pope Leo over the gate of their city. - "Fra Bartolommeo", Leader Scott (Re-Edited By Horace Shipp And Flora Kendrick).
- Let us emblazon upon our banner the noble words, " Toleration- perfect civil and religious toleration." - "Henry IV, Makers of History", John S. C. Abbott.
- 38 'In London city was I born, Of parents of great note; My father did a noble arms Emblazon on his coat: 39 'I make no doubt that he is gone 'Where soon I hope to go; Where we for ever shall be blest, From out the reach of woe. - "Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Vol. 3", George Gilfillan.