verb
Meaning 1
To adorn with prominent markings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
emblazon
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪmˈbleɪzən/
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/ɛmˈbleɪzən/
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verb
Meaning 2
To inscribe upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The benefactor's image is emblazoned on our memory.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To draw (a coat of arms); depict a heraldic device on something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
decorate with heraldic arms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blazon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
verb
Meaning 6
decorate with colors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- color the walls with paint in warm tones
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: color, colour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Narrower terms: miniate
History
Etymology
From en- + blazon, from Old French blason (“shield”).
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: koristaa — to adorn with prominent markings
- Finnish: koristella — to adorn with prominent markings
- German: versehen — to adorn with prominent markings
- German: verzieren — to adorn with prominent markings
- German: schmücken — to adorn with prominent markings
- German: ausschmücken — to adorn with prominent markings
- Hungarian: díszít — to adorn with prominent markings
- Finnish: kirjoittaa — to inscribe upon
- German: einprägen — to inscribe upon
- Finnish: piirtää — heraldry: to draw a coat of arms
- Hungarian: heraldikus díszítéssel lát el (pl. címert) — heraldry: to draw a coat of arms
- Finnish: palkita — to celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit
- Hungarian: dicsőít — to celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit
- Hungarian: magasztal — to celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit