emblematize

[em-blem-uh-tahyz]

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verb (used with object), em·blem·a·tized, em·blem·a·tiz·ing.

to serve as an emblem of; represent by an emblem.

Also especially British, em·blem·a·tise.

Origin of emblematize

1605–15; emblemat- (see emblematic) + -ize

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Related Words for emblematize

exemplify, incarnate, manifest, typify, epitomize, embody, symbolize, illustrate, show, perform, serve, produce, mean, signify, indicate, suggest, mirror, personify, incorporate, exhibit

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Historical Examples of emblematize

Serpents and dragons 82 entwine on the lintels, and emblematize the Church's power to overcome.
The Cathedral Builders
Leader Scott

British Dictionary definitions for emblematize

emblematize

emblemize (ˈɛmbləˌmaɪz), emblematise or emblemise

verb (tr)

to function as an emblem of; symbolize
to represent by or as by an emblem

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