emblazon

[ em-bley-zuhn ]

verb (used with object)

1. to put a design on (a surface) in a prominent place:

   The shirt was emblazoned with the company's motto.

2. Heraldry. to put (a design or depiction) on a coat of arms.
3. to proclaim; celebrate or extol.

emblazon

/ ɪmˈbleɪzən /

verb

1. to describe, portray, or colour (arms) according to the conventions of heraldry
2. to portray heraldic arms on (a shield, one's notepaper, etc)
3. to make bright or splendid, as with colours, flowers, etc
4. to glorify, praise, or extol, often so as to attract great publicity

   his feat was emblazoned on the front page

Derived Forms

• emˈblazonment, noun

Other Words From

• em·bla·zon·er noun
• un·em·bla·zoned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of emblazon¹

First recorded in 1585–95; em- ¹ + blazon

Example Sentences

He emblazoned his own bike with “Tepetlacaltechco,” the Náhuatl name of his hometown.

From Outside Online

More than one hundred state police surrounded the capitol building, each with a Confederate flag emblazoned on his helmet.

From Time

Delivery workers, who drive Amazon emblazoned vans, often deliver up to 300 packages a day on a 10-hour shift.

From Eater

She designed and ordered new scrubs, emblazoned with her logo, for her staffers.

From ProPublica

The WSJ will also send merchandise with the word “Decision Maker” emblazoned on mugs and T-shirts to media and marketing influencers and Journal members, before making it available to others as the campaign continues to roll out.

From Digiday

“No means no,” reads a pair of lacy underwear, while “Consent is Sexy,” and, “Respect,” emblazon others.

From The Daily Beast

There is perhaps a reference to the sense of emblazon, which is from M.E. blazen, to blaze abroad, to proclaim.

From Project Gutenberg

When two hundred years have taken all these natural pains to illustrate and emblazon 'Richard Oglethorpe 1613.'

From Project Gutenberg

She has a right to emblazon all that will honour her deceased husband.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, Hubert was now an esquire; now he had a right to carry a shield and emblazon it with the arms of Walderne.

From Project Gutenberg

They carve them on door-posts and pillars, and emblazon them on the walls and ceilings in gilt letters.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• decorate
• embellish
• paint