EMBLAZON

emblazon, blazon

(verb) decorate with heraldic arms

color, colour, emblazon

(verb) decorate with colors; “color the walls with paint in warm tones”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

emblazon (third-person singular simple present emblazons, present participle emblazoning, simple past and past participle emblazoned)

(transitive) To adorn with prominent markings.

(transitive) To inscribe upon.

(transitive, heraldry) To draw (a coat of arms).

(transitive) To celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit.

Source: Wiktionary

Em*bla"zon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning.] Etym: [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.]

1. To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate. The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. Prescott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition