Emblazon \Em*bla"zon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazoned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Emblazoning.] [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.]
1. To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See
Blazon.
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2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to
display pompously; to decorate.
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The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in
commemoration of the illustrious pair. --Prescott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
emblazon
v 1: decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm
tones" [syn: color, colour]
2: decorate with heraldic arms [syn: blazon]
WordNet (r) 2.0
148 Moby Thesaurus words for "emblazon":
adorn, adulate, advertise, air, apotheosize, apply paint, array,
beautify, bedaub, bedeck, bedizen, begild, belaud, bepraise,
besmear, blazon, blazon forth, bless, blow up, boast of,
brag about, brandish, brush on paint, calcimine, celebrate, coat,
color, complexion, cover, cry up, dab, dandify, dangle, daub, deck,
deck out, decorate, deep-dye, deify, demonstrate, dip, display,
distemper, dizen, doll up, double-dye, dress, dress up, dye,
embellish, embroider, enamel, engild, enrich, eulogize, exalt,
exhibit, extol, face, fast-dye, fig out, fix up, flash, flatter,
flaunt, flourish, fresco, furbish, garnish, gild, glaze, glorify,
gloss, grace, grain, gussy up, hero-worship, hold up, hue, idolize,
illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, laud, lay on color,
lionize, magnify, make much of, manifest, ornament, overpraise,
paint, panegyrize, parade, parget, pay tribute, pigment,
porter aux nues, praise, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, prime,
primp, primp up, prink, prink up, puff, puff up, put forth,
put forward, redecorate, redo, refurbish, salute, set off, set out,
shade, shadow, shellac, slop on paint, smarten, smarten up, smear,
sport, spruce up, stain, stipple, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint,
titivate, tone, trick out, trick up, trim, trumpet, trumpet forth,
undercoat, varnish, vaunt, wash, wave, whitewash
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
blazon, color, colour
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