EMBLEM

emblem

(noun) special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

emblem, allegory

(noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

emblem (plural emblems)

A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.

Something which represents a larger whole.

Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Synonyms

• symbol

• token (to betoken)

Verb

emblem (third-person singular simple present emblems, present participle embleming, simple past and past participle emblemed)

(obsolete, transitive) To symbolize.

Source: Wiktionary

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Em"blem, n. Etym: [F. emblème, L. emblema, -atis, that which is put in or on, inlaid work, fr. Gr. In, and Parable.]

1. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. [Obs.] Milton.

2. A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.

3. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Note: Writers and artists of the 17th century gave much attention and study to the composition of such emblems, and many collections of them were published.

Syn.

– Sign; symbol; type; device; signal; token.

– Sign, Emblem, Symbol, Type. Sign is the generic word comprehending all significant representations. An emblem is a visible object representing another by a natural suggestion of characteristic qualities, or an habitual and recognized association; as, a circle, having no apparent beginning or end, is an emblem of eternity; a particular flag is the emblem of the country or ship which has adopted it for a sign and with which it is habitually associated. Between emblem and symbol the distinction is slight, and often one may be substituted for the other without impropriety. See Symbol. Thus, a circle is either an emblem or a symbol of eternity; a scepter, either an emblem or a symbol of authority; a lamb, either an emblem or a symbol of meekness. "An emblem is always of something simple; a symbol may be of something complex, as of a transaction . . . In consequence we do not speak of actions emblematic." C. J. Smith. A type is a representative example, or model, exhibiting the qualities common to all individuals of the class to which it belongs; as, the Monitor is a type of a class of war vessels.

Em"blem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embleming.]

Definition: To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.] Emblemed by the cozening fig tree. Feltham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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