blazoned

Verb

blazon (third-person singular simple present blazons, present participle blazoning, simple past and past participle blazoned)

1. (transitive) To describe a coat of arms.
   • the following coat of arms, which I will send you in the original language, not being herald enough to blazon it in English10 July 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian, No. 104
2. To make widely or generally known, to proclaim.
   • O thou goddess/ thou divine Nature, how thyself thou blazon'st/ in these two princely boys.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

   Synonyms:

   blaze

3. To display conspicuously or publicly.
4. To shine; to be conspicuous.
5. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
   • She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary

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