blazon

bla·zon

(blā′zən)

tr.v. bla·zoned, bla·zon·ing, bla·zons

1. Heraldry

a. To describe (a coat of arms) in proper terms.

b. To paint or depict (a coat of arms) with accurate detail.

2. To adorn or embellish with or as if with a coat of arms: "the stars and moons and suns blazoned on that sacred wall" (G.K. Chesterton).

3. To proclaim widely.

1. Heraldry

a. A coat of arms.

b. The description or representation of a coat of arms.

2. An ostentatious display.

[Probably from Middle English blasoun, shield, from Old French blason.]

bla′zon·er n.

bla′zon·ment n.

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blazon

(ˈbleɪzən)

vb (tr)

1. (often foll by abroad) to proclaim loudly and publicly

2. (Heraldry) heraldry to describe (heraldic arms) in proper terms

3. (Heraldry) to draw and colour (heraldic arms) conventionally

4. (Heraldry) heraldry a conventional description or depiction of heraldic arms

5. any description or recording, esp of good qualities

[C13: from Old French blason coat of arms]

ˈblazoner n

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bla•zon

(ˈbleɪ zən)
v.t.

1. to set forth conspicuously or publicly; proclaim.

2. to adorn or embellish, esp. showily.

3. to describe in heraldic terminology.

4. to depict (heraldic arms) in proper form and color.

5. coat of arms (def. 2).

6. the heraldic description of armorial bearings.

7. conspicuous display.

[1275–1325; Middle English blaso(u)n < Anglo-French, Old French blason buckler]

bla′zon•er, n.

bla′zon•ment, n.

blazon

Past participle: blazoned
Gerund: blazoning

Imperative
blazon
blazon

Present
I blazon
you blazon
he/she/it blazons
we blazon
you blazon
they blazon

Preterite
I blazoned
you blazoned
he/she/it blazoned
we blazoned
you blazoned
they blazoned

Present Continuous
I am blazoning
you are blazoning
he/she/it is blazoning
we are blazoning
you are blazoning
they are blazoning

Present Perfect
I have blazoned
you have blazoned
he/she/it has blazoned
we have blazoned
you have blazoned
they have blazoned

Past Continuous
I was blazoning
you were blazoning
he/she/it was blazoning
we were blazoning
you were blazoning
they were blazoning

Past Perfect
I had blazoned
you had blazoned
he/she/it had blazoned
we had blazoned
you had blazoned
they had blazoned

Future
I will blazon
you will blazon
he/she/it will blazon
we will blazon
you will blazon
they will blazon

Future Perfect
I will have blazoned
you will have blazoned
he/she/it will have blazoned
we will have blazoned
you will have blazoned
they will have blazoned

Future Continuous
I will be blazoning
you will be blazoning
he/she/it will be blazoning
we will be blazoning
you will be blazoning
they will be blazoning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blazoning
you have been blazoning
he/she/it has been blazoning
we have been blazoning
you have been blazoning
they have been blazoning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blazoning
you will have been blazoning
he/she/it will have been blazoning
we will have been blazoning
you will have been blazoning
they will have been blazoning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blazoning
you had been blazoning
he/she/it had been blazoning
we had been blazoning
you had been blazoning
they had been blazoning

Conditional
I would blazon
you would blazon
he/she/it would blazon
we would blazon
you would blazon
they would blazon

Past Conditional
I would have blazoned
you would have blazoned
he/she/it would have blazoned
we would have blazoned
you would have blazoned
they would have blazoned

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Noun	1.	blazon - the official symbols of a family, state, etc. blazonry, coat of arms, arms crest - (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet heraldry - emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms quartering - a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
Verb	1.	blazon - decorate with heraldic arms emblazon artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"

blazon

verb

To make (information) generally known:

advertise, blaze, broadcast, bruit, circulate, disseminate, noise, promulgate, propagate, spread.

Idioms: spread far and wide, spread the word.

Translations

blasón

blasone proclamare

blazon

[ˈbleɪzn]

A. N → blasón m

B. VT (fig) → proclamar

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blazon

n (Her) → Wappen nt

vt (liter: also blazon abroad) news → verbreiten (→ throughout in +dat)

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When they arrived at the ante-chamber, above the door was visible a shield, which, by its rich ornaments and its harmony with the rest of the furniture, indicated the importance the owner attached to this blazon. Monte Cristo stopped and examined it attentively.

Except the knowledge of blazons, that enables me to decipher them, I am very ignorant of heraldry -- I, a count of a fresh creation, fabricated in Tuscany by the aid of a commandery of St.

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'Certainly, I shall not: but you say you are going to tell your sister; and she will tell your brothers when they come home, and Brown immediately, if you do not tell her yourself; and Brown will blazon it, or be the means of blazoning it, throughout the country.'

'"I mean that this affair from beginning to end appears to me like a case of arrant flirtation, to say the least of it--such a case as you would find it rather inconvenient to have blazoned through the world: especially with the additions and exaggerations of your female rivals, who would be too glad to publish the matter, if I only gave them a handle to it.

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Frequently when they came to a gate or stile they found painted thereon in red or blue letters some text of Scripture, and she asked him if he knew who had been at the pains to blazon these announcements.

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If the villain must disgrace the family, must he blazon it abroad to every low-bred knave of his acquaintance?

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Slowly the long and glittering train wound into the lists, until every horse had been tethered by the varlets in waiting, and every lord and lady seated in the long stands which stretched, rich in tapestry and velvet and blazoned arms, on either side of the centre of the arena.

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When Anne had bad dreams she found herself staring miserably at pass lists of the Entrance exams, where Gilbert Blythe's name was blazoned at the top and in which hers did not appear at all.

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According to the tenor of the sentence, which the criers read aloud and incorrectly, two farmers of the revenues, monopolists of money, dilapidators of the royal provisions, extortioners, and forgers, were about to undergo capital punishment on the Place de Greve, with their names blazoned over their heads, according to their sentence.

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The carriage was an old heavy travelling one, with arms blazoned on it gorgeously.

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Among pennons and flags bearing wounded hearts, burning hearts, bleeding hearts, bows and quivers, and all the commonplace emblems of the triumphs of Cupid, a blazoned inscription informed the spectators, that this seat of honour was designed for La Royne de la Beault et des Amours.

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There is much light that I alone of all persons living can throw upon his character, and so noble a character cannot be blazoned forth too brightly.

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