emblaze

English

From em- +‎ blaze.

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emblaze (third-person singular simple present emblazes, present participle emblazing, simple past and past participle emblazed)

(transitive) To kindle; set ablaze.
(transitive) To adorn with glittering embellishments; cause to glitter or shine.
(transitive, poetic) To illuminate; to etch or display in a bright, fiery way; blazon.
- 1915, Robert Tuttle Morris, Doctors Versus Folks:
  When a window screen is emblazed with a pretty design, one cannot look into the room beyond because of arrest of vision by the figure upon the screen.
- 1997, “Euphoria (Firefly)”, performed by Delirium:
  This feeling emblazed inside. / Every nerve like a firefly.