emblazon
/ɪmˈbleɪz(ə)n
/ /ɛmˈbleɪz(ə)n/verb [with object and adverbial of place]
1Conspicuously inscribe or display a design on: T-shirts emblazoned with the names of baseball teams...
- Both were emblazoned with an intricate design.
- And the design wouldn't be emblazoned with that common look.
- Our new building will be emblazoned with our logo, so they'll know now.
Synonyms
adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish, illuminate;
colour, paint
1.1Depict (a heraldic device) on something: the Queen’s coat of arms is emblazoned on the door panel...
- Devices were emblazoned on coaches, and also in the home.
- Large numbers of standards, banners, streamers, and other heraldic devices emblazoned with Spanish and English regalia were commissioned for the occasion, and the public celebrations were lavish and a spectacular success.
- The Archipelago's coat of arms was emblazoned upon the main entrance below a legend which read ‘Welcome to Skybury.’
Synonyms
display, depict, exhibit, show, present
1.2 archaic Celebrate or extol publicly: their success was emblazoned
Derivatives
emblazonment
- This is shown by its serving the hierarchies of many disparate cultures in their heraldry, emblazonments, and their signals of rank and allegiance.
- It occurs to me that I never shared with the group the new emblazonment of my arms that I completed.
- He was known for his heraldic painting, more especially for his emblazonment of the lord mayor's state-coach.