emblemish
emblemish verb: synonym of blemish.
Verb
emblemish (third-person singular simple present emblemishes, present participle emblemishing, simple past and past participle emblemished)
- Synonym of blemish.
- The fyrste respecte or regarde of geuinge our voyces is to be had of honesty, and vertue. And the seconde of lyberall sciences which in a Citty bringe with them moste plentifull profit. The thirde consideration is to bee had of Nobilitye, for they whose auncestours haue florished famous with some...1576, Franciscus Patricius, translated by Rycharde Robinson, A Moral Methode of Ciuile Policie Contayninge a Learned and Fruictful Discourse of the Institution, State and Gouernment of a Common...
- When Cosma doth come forth, the Sun displaies / His utmost light: for well his witte doth know, / Cosmas faire beames emblemish much his raies.c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The Thirde Booke] The Second Eclogues”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...
- Synonyms:
- blemish
Examples of emblemish in a sentence
- That I shall preserue and keepe both my life and myne Arte, free and cleare from iust obloquie and slaunder, and from all such occasions as may iustly disparage and emblemish the same.1586, Thomas Newton, transl., The Olde mans Dietarie A Worke No Lesse Learned Then Necessary for the Preseruation of Olde Persons in...
- The Synagogues, the whole body of the people Israel, which were Emblemish’d in Gomer, the Wife of Whoredoms.1685, Annotations upon the Holy Bible, London: […] Thomas Parkhurst:
Synonyms of emblemish
Forms of emblemish
| third-person singular present | emblemishes |
|---|---|
| present participle | emblemishing |
| past participle | emblemished |
| past | emblemished |
Origin of emblemish
From Middle English emblemyshen; compare blemish.
Words formed from emblemish
Questions about emblemish
- What does emblemish mean?
- Emblemish means synonym of blemish.
- How do you use emblemish in a sentence?
- That I shall preserue and keepe both my life and myne Arte, free and cleare from iust obloquie and slaunder, and from all such occasions as may iustly disparage and emblemish the same.
- What part of speech is emblemish?
- Emblemish is a verb.
- What is the past tense of emblemish?
- The past tense of emblemish is emblemished.
Words near emblemish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emblemish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “emblemish.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/emblemish. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.