单词 | emblematize |
释义 | emblematizev. 1. transitive. Of things: To serve as an emblem of; to express or represent mystically, allusively, or allegorically. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] > represent by symbol > of things: represent by symbol emblem1584 emblematize1615 enigmatize1631 emblemize1639 emblematicize1780 1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 134 The vanity of these fading crownes was emblematized by that solemne ceremonie. 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe 393 A worse error, than can rightly be emblematized by Ixions fabulous imaginations. 1823 C. Lamb Let. 3 May (1935) II. 385 The Goose and little Goslings should emblematize a Quaker poet that has no children. 1870 E. M. Goulburn Cathedral Syst. iii. 37 The tabernacle and temple worship was framed to emblematize the worship of heaven. 2. Of persons: To represent by means of an emblem; to figure. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] > represent by symbol symbolize1606 defigure1615 emblematize1830 moral1839 1830 Moir in Fraser's Mag. II. 408 The American poet, who emblematizes departing man, as folding his mantle round him, and lying down to pleasant dreams. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 509 I emblematised civilisation, in the Chinese lady in japan-gilt frame. Derivatives emˈblematizing adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective] figural?a1500 sacramental1534 shadowing1579 hieroglyphical1581 similitudinary1581 morala1616 symbolical1620 characterical1634 shadowy1641 emblematical1644 emblematic1645 hieroglyphic1647 symbolic1681 emblematizing1751 tokening1820 imagerial1837 twi-necked1840 personating1851 symptomatic1853 symbolizing1909 uroboric1958 1751 E. Montagu Let. 31 Oct. (1813) III. 173 The good man..to an emblematizing genius, would have afforded an ample subject. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1615 |
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