emblaze
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to cause to light up; illuminate
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to set fire to
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of emblaze1
First recorded in 1515–25; em- 1 + blaze 1
Origin of emblaze2
First recorded in 1625–35
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As radiant Hesper shines with keener light,277 Far-beaming o'er the silver host of night, When all the starry train emblaze the sphere: So shone the point of great Achilles' spear.
From The Iliad by Alexander Pope
But warmer suns, that southern zones emblaze, A cool thin umbrage o'er their woodland raise; Floridia's shores their blooms around him spread.
From The Columbiad by Joel Barlow
On his way out of the Executive Mansion four years ago, McAuliffe left a pair of custom pillows — emblazed with his face and “sleep when you’re dead” — on the Northams’ bed.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2022
The films’ young boy, the one whose name was emblazed on the bottom of Woody’s foot, had grown up.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2019
Coaches, staff members and players favor T-shirts emblazed with “We not me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2017
“Together stronger” is the emblazed on walls across the Welsh tournament base in the northwest seaside resort of Dinard.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2016
It is but a poor recompense to their present unhonoured solitude, that their melancholy battlements are emblazed at intervals with the pontifical escutcheons.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various
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