emblazon
Americanverb (used with object)
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to put a design on (a surface) in a prominent place.
The shirt was emblazoned with the company's motto.
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Heraldry. to put (a design or depiction) on a coat of arms.
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to proclaim; celebrate or extol.
verb
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to describe, portray, or colour (arms) according to the conventions of heraldry
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to portray heraldic arms on (a shield, one's notepaper, etc)
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to make bright or splendid, as with colours, flowers, etc
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to glorify, praise, or extol, often so as to attract great publicity
his feat was emblazoned on the front page
Other Word Forms
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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emblazonsimple
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emblazonssimple
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have emblazonedperfect
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has emblazonedperfect
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am emblazoningprogressive
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are emblazoningprogressive
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is emblazoningprogressive
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have been emblazoningperfect progressive
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has been emblazoningperfect progressive
Past
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emblazonedsimple
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had emblazonedperfect
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was emblazoningprogressive
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were emblazoningprogressive
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had been emblazoningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of emblazon
Explanation
To emblazon is to decorate something with words or symbols. If you're running for student council, you might emblazon t-shirts with your name and hand them out to your classmates. The word emblazon means the same thing as the word blazon, “to depict or paint armor.” Both words have roots in the English word blaze, in the sense of “to make public.” No one uses blazon anymore, and these days you can emblazon anything—not just armor! Colleges and universities frequently sell sweatshirts and hats emblazoned with their logos, for example.
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Example Sentences
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Raymond often remarked that he wished he could emblazon the company’s headquarters near Dallas with the words “crude oil” so that employees would never lose focus on “what we’re trying to do here.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Banc of California has leased 40,000 square feet at 865 S. Figueroa St. and secured the rights to emblazon its name atop the 35-story tower just north of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
He didn’t emblazon his body with tattoos of revolutionary personalities Che Guevara and Fidel Castro like a great footballer who came after him, the Argentine, Diego Maradona.
From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023
Most of that’s all gone now, and the controller looks a little sleeker for it — even if Turtle Beach had to go and emblazon an ugly REACT-R label on its top.
From The Verge • Aug. 17, 2022
There is perhaps a reference to the sense of emblazon, which is from M.E. blazen, to blaze abroad, to proclaim.
From Milton's Comus by Bell, William
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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