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<p><b>1.</b> <def>To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See <er>Blazon</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.</def>

<blockquote>The walls were . . . <b>emblazoned</b> with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emblazoner</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bla"zon*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.</def>

<h1>Emblazoning</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bla"zon*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.</def>

<h1>Emblazonment</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bla"zon*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An emblazoning.</def>

<h1>Emblazonry</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bla"zon*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Emblazonries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment.</def>

<blockquote>Thine ancient standard's rich <b>emblazonry</b>. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emblem</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em"blem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>embl\'8ame</ets>, L. <ets>emblema</ets>, <ets>-atis</ets>, that which is put in or on, inlaid work, fr. Gr. <?/ a thing put in or on, fr. <?/ to throw, lay, put in; <?/ in + <?/ to throw. See <er>In</er>, and <er>Parable</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; <as>as, a balance is an <ex>emblem</ex> of justice; a scepter, the <ex>emblem</ex> of sovereignty or power; a circle, the <ex>emblem</ex> of eternity.</as></def> "His cicatrice, an <i>emblem</i> of war, here on his sinister cheek."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.</def>

<note>&hand; Writers and artists of the 17th century gave much attention and study to the composition of such <i>emblems</i>, and many collections of them were published.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Sign; symbol; type; device; signal; token.</syn> -- <usage><er>Sign</er>, <er>Emblem</er>, <er>Symbol</er>, <er>Type</er>. <i>Sign</i> is the generic word comprehending all significant representations. An <i>emblem</i> is a visible object representing another by a natural suggestion of characteristic qualities, or an habitual and recognized association; <as>as, a circle, having no apparent beginning or end, is an <ex>emblem</ex> of eternity; a particular flag is the <ex>emblem</ex> of the country or ship which has adopted it for a sign and with which it is habitually associated</as>. Between <i>emblem</i> and <i>symbol</i> the distinction is slight, and often one may be substituted for the other without impropriety. See <er>Symbol</er>. Thus, a circle is either an <i>emblem</i> or a <i>symbol</i> of eternity; a scepter, either an <i>emblem</i> or a <i>symbol</i> of authority; a lamb, either an <i>emblem</i> or a <i>symbol</i> of meekness. "An <i>emblem</i> is always of something simple; a <i>symbol</i> may be of something complex, as of a transaction . . . In consequence we do not speak of actions <i>emblematic</i>." <i>C. J. Smith.</i> A <i>type</i> is a representative example, or model, exhibiting the qualities common to all individuals of the class to which it belongs; <as>as, the Monitor is a <ex>type</ex> of a class of war vessels</as>.</usage>

<h1>Emblem</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em"blem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emblemed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Embleming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To represent by an emblem; to symbolize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Emblemed</b> by the cozening fig tree. <i>Feltham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emblematic, Emblematical</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw><hw>Em`blem*at"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Em`blem*at"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>embl\'82matique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; <as>as, <ex>emblematic</ex> language or ornaments; a crown is <ex>emblematic</ex> of royalty; white is <ex>emblematic</ex> of purity.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Emblematiccize</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em`blem*at"ic*cize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render emblematic; <as>as, to <ex>emblematicize</ex> a picture</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>