单词 | emblaze |
释义 | emblazev.1 1. transitive. To light up, illuminate, cause to glow. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > illuminate [verb (transitive)] onlighteOE enlightOE alemeOE alightOE lightOE belighta1200 lightena1382 clear1382 alightenc1384 lumine1387 clarify1398 shine1398 shed1412 beamc1430 enlymec1440 illumine1447 enlumine1481 illustre1490 enclear1509 elumine1532 illuminate1535 unshadow1550 illightena1555 allumine1570 eluminate1580 unnight1594 enlighten1595 to strike up1598 illume1604 luminate1623 illustrate1625 unbenight1629 emblaze1637 burn1712 alluminate1726 lamp1808 enkindle1870 1637 J. Milton Comus 25 Th'unsought diamonds..Emblaze the forehead of the Deep. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 433 Polish'd Arms emblaz'd the flaming Fields. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 186 Topaz, emblazed with a golden gleam. 1805 J. Grahame Sabbath (ed. 2) 75 Till..the sun Emblaze, with upward-slanting ray, the breast And wing unquiv'ring of the wheeling lark. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 237 The golden pane the setting sun doth just Imblaze. 2. To set in a blaze, kindle. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight annealeOE ontendeOE atend1006 alightOE kindlec1175 tindc1175 lightc1225 lightenc1384 quickc1390 firea1393 to set (a) fire in, on, upon, of, now only toc1400 quickenc1425 accenda1475 enlumine1477 to light upa1500 to shoot (something) on firec1540 to give fire1562 incend1598 entine1612 betine1659 emblaze1743 to touch off1759 ignite1823 1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 235 Sulphur-tipt, emblaze an Ale-house fire. 1747 W. Collins Odes 30 When nearer Suns emblaze its Veins. 1815 Monthly Mag. 38 534 Fires, lightning kindled, the tall oaks imblaze. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). emblazev.2ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > describe heraldically [verb (transitive)] blazec1440 blazon1586 emblazon1593 emblaze1611 heraldize1615 deblazon1621 deblaze1640 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. ii. 285/1 As Some of our Heralds haue imblazed. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. ix. 71 But thou shalt weare it as a Heralds coate, To emblaze the Honor that thy Master got. View more context for this quotation 1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 157/2 Marke how I will emblaze thee..Within a Quagmire-field, two Toades in Chiefe. 1781 Westm. Mag. 9 386 The Herald touches the bright fee, T' emblaze the brimstone of the vis-a-vis. 1782–1800 in Bailey Dict. 2. To adorn with heraldic devices. Hence (and influenced by emblaze v.1), to adorn magnificently, make resplendent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > invest with splendour > render magnificent magnifya1382 adornc1425 emperiala1475 emblazea1529 enamel1593 magnificate1598 aggrandize1709 a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) With crowns of gold emblased They make him so amased. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 538 Th' Imperial Ensign..With Gemms and Golden lustre rich imblaz'd, Seraphic arms and Trophies. View more context for this quotation 1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 424 No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor x. 289 An enwoven tapestry of flame..emblaz'd Like hall of old barbaric Potentate. 3. To inscribe or portray conspicuously. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)] workOE shapea1375 express1382 marka1393 resemblea1393 portraya1398 devisea1400 makea1400 represent?a1425 counterfeitc1440 to set on write1486 porturea1500 emporturea1529 story1532 portrait1548 show1565 decipher1567 portraiture1581 to set forth1585 emblazea1592 stell1598 defigure1599 infigure1606 effigiate1608 deportract1611 deportray1611 rendera1616 image1624 configure1630 exiconize1641 effigies1652 to take off1680 mimic1770 paraphrase1961 a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Aiiiv Where stowt Hercules, Imblasde his trophees on two posts of brasse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 592 Or in thir glittering Tissues bear imblaz'd Holy Memorials. View more context for this quotation 1745 E. Young Consolation 82 Divine Instructor! Thy first Volume..In Moon, and Stars..Emblaz'd to seize the Sight. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vi. 220 Here herald glory first emblazed her name. 4. To inscribe (a person) on ‘the roll of fame’ (or of infamy); to celebrate, render famous or notorious. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > make famous or celebrate [verb (transitive)] enluminec1386 famea1400 bruitc1487 renowna1500 celebrate1522 specifya1525 illustrate1530 illustre1530 resoundc1550 blaze1552 blazon1553 ennoble1565 repeat1582 famose1590 famous1590 royalize1590 emblazon1592 emblaze1596 concelebrate1599 blazonize1614 laurizea1618 lustre1627 befame1669 sound1711 belion1837 lionize1837 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. E3 Drake hath no Homer to emblaze his glorie. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica cccxxx These harsh meeters..but to emblaze you, had yet been vnborne. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 144/1 A Scritch-owle's quill..shall emblaze thee basest slaue of men. 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