emblaze

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EMBLA'ZE, verb transitive 1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. 2. To blazon; to paint or adorn with figures armorial. The imperial ensign, streaming to the wind, With gems and golden luster rich emblazed.
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