| emblaze | 1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. "No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors." (Pope) 2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. "The imperial ensign, . . . Streaming to the wind, With gems and golden luster rich emblazed." (Milton) Origin: Pref. Em- + 1st blaze. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| emblem | To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. "Emblemed by the cozening fig tree." (Feltham) Origin: Emblemed; Embleming. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emblematize | To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize. "Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure." (Bp. Hurd) Origin: Emblematized; Emblematizing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emblement | The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement. Origin: OF. Embleer to sow with corn, F. Emblaver, fr. LL. Imbladare; pref. In- + LL. Bladum grain, F. Ble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emblems and insignia | Figures or symbols identifying or representing organizations or societies. (12 Dec 1998) |