Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To represent with or as if with an emblem; symbolize.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To represent or express by means of an emblem: as, to
emblematize a thought, a quality, or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To stand as an
emblem for; torepresent .
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Examples
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"See you in Sochi," the Russians 'somewhat affectedly chummy slogan for the 2014 Games, seems to emblematize their collective desire for a very different outcome this time.
Hamster Balls to Inflatable Beavers: Experiments in Tackiness at the Closing Ceremonies 2010
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Since the Live Aid movement captured the hearts and wallets of people in the Occidental world, the sallow-faced Ethiopian child has come to emblematize Africa: exotic, needy, and victimized.
Rosalia Gitau: T.I.A.: This Is Africa Rosalia Gitau 2010
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"See you in Sochi," the Russians 'somewhat affectedly chummy slogan for the 2014 Games, seems to emblematize their collective desire for a very different outcome this time.
Elise Crane: Hamster Balls to Inflatable Beavers: Experiments in Tackiness at the Closing Ceremonies 2010
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You could emblematize the public debate problem with, oh, this page.
"I'm going to stop this car right now and leave you here!'' Ann Althouse 2009
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Which writers or works most emblematize Brooklyn for you?
Archive 2008-09-03 Book Nerd 2008
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Which writers or works most emblematize Brooklyn for you?
Archive 2008-05-12 Book Nerd 2008
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Which writers or works most emblematize Brooklyn for you?
Brooklyn Lit Life: Joshua Henkin (and a giveaway!) Book Nerd 2008
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Which writers or works most emblematize Brooklyn for you?
Brooklyn Lit Life: Garth Risk Hallberg Book Nerd 2008
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Capitalism, people, the problem is unbridled capitalism under which I lump privatization, consumerism, class warfare--indeed, we might say that Kid Nation and Blackwater emblematize the sorry state we've long since arrived at.
Archive 2007-09-01 Becca 2007
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Capitalism, people, the problem is unbridled capitalism under which I lump privatization, consumerism, class warfare--indeed, we might say that Kid Nation and Blackwater emblematize the sorry state we've long since arrived at.
Blackwater Becca 2007
sosheshall commented on the word emblematize
to serve as an emblem of.
August 26, 2009