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单词 emblematize
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emblematizev.

Brit. /ɛmˈblɛmətʌɪz/, U.S. /ɛmˈblɛməˌtaɪz/
Etymology: formed as emblematist n. + -ize suffix.
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.
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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).
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