emblematicize en · VERB
Etymology
From emblematic + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To render (someone or something) emblematic.
He [Jacopo Amigoni] drevv the queen [Caroline of Ansbach, consort of George II] and the three eldeſt princeſſes, and prints were taken from his pictures, vvhich he generally endeavoured to emblematicize by genii and Cupids.
1771, Horace Walpole, “Painters in the Reign of King George II”, in Anecdotes of Painting in England; […], volume IV, Strawberry-Hill [London]: […] Thomas Kirkgate, →OCLC, page 60:to emblematicize a picture
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| emblematicizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| emblematicized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| emblematicized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| emblematicizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |