emblemize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of emblemize
First recorded in 1630–40; emblem ( def. ) + -ize ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Gone, Diana seemed to emblemize the word; she was everything gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of these fabrics emblemize the blue heaven glittering with silver stars; others the clouds, with sunlight shimmering through them.
From Strange Visitors by Horn, Henry J.
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