emblazon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb decorate with colors
    color; colour.
    • color the walls with paint in warm tones
  2. verb decorate with heraldic arms
    blazon.

WordNet


Em*bla"zon transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Emblazoned ; present participle & verbal noun Emblazoning
Definitions
  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 1913