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Webster 1913 Edition


Emblazon

Em-bla′zon

,
Verb.
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
.
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.
Prescott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Emblazon

EMBLA'ZON

,
Verb.
T.
embla'zn.
1.
To adorn with figures of heraldry or ensigns armorial.
2.
To deck in glaring colors; to display pompously.
We find Augustus--emblazoned by the poets.