Dictionary

emblazon en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɛmˈbleɪzən/
• /ɪmˈbleɪzən/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From en- + blazon, from Old French blason (“shield”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To adorn with prominent markings.
   • The route passes over low-lying land, the only item of note being the Cerebos salt works at Greatham, where one may catch a glimpse of the smart black diesel locomotive emblazoned with the firm's name writ large. 1959 August, K. Hoole, “The Middlesbrough — Newcastle route of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 359:
2. (transitive) To inscribe upon.
   • The benefactor's image is emblazoned on our memory.
   • Welcome to QAnon, sometimes referred to as “the Storm.” It’s a conspiracy theory that’s swept social media and is starting to break into the mainstream, with Trump rally attendees in Florida on July 31 holding signs and wearing T-shirts emblazoned with “We are Q” and the conspiracy theory’s main catchphrase, “Where we go one, we go all.” 2018 August 2, Jane Coaston, “#QAnon, the scarily popular pro-Trump conspiracy theory, explained”, in Vox:
3. (transitive) To draw (a coat of arms); depict a heraldic device on something.
   • The ordered system of symbols which we know as heraldry came into being in the twelfth century to meet a military need. These symbols were emblazoned on shields, surcoats and fighting flags, and served as an invaluable means of identification when the features were obscured by the great helm. 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 476:
4. (transitive) To celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit.

Forms

Deriveds

emblazoner · emblazonment · emblazonry

Translations (18)

fi kirjoittaa (to inscribe upon) · hu magasztal (to celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit) · de schmücken (to adorn with prominent markings) · hu dicsőít (to celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit) · fi piirtää (heraldry: to draw a coat of arms) · de verzieren (to adorn with prominent markings) · fi palkita (to celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit) · de einprägen (to inscribe upon) · fi koristaa (to adorn with prominent markings) · cs okrášlit (to adorn with prominent markings) · cs vyzdobit (to adorn with prominent markings) · de versehen (to adorn with prominent markings) · hu díszít (to adorn with prominent markings) · cs oslavovat (to celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit) · de ausschmücken (to adorn with prominent markings) · cs zdobit (to adorn with prominent markings) · fi koristella (to adorn with prominent markings) · hu heraldikus díszítéssel lát el (pl. címert) (heraldry: to draw a coat of arms)