Emblem

['embləm] or ['ɛmbləm]

Definition

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

(noun.) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea.

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Definition

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

(n.) 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.

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

(v. t.) To represent by an emblem; to symbolize.

Typist: Remington

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Type, symbol, sign, representation, token, badge, mark, device, cognizance, allusive figure.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Device, cognizance, sign, token, symbol, representation, type, badge, mark

ANT:Disguise, decoy, incognito, domino, blind, ruse

Editor: Olaf

Definition

n. a picture representing to the mind something different from itself: a type or symbol: (Milton) an inlaid ornament.—v.t. to symbolise.—n. Emblē′ma an inlaid ornament:—pl. Emblē′mata.—adjs. Emblemat′ic -al pertaining to or containing emblems: symbolical: representing.—adv. Emblemat′ically.—v.t. Emblem′atise Em′blemise to represent by an emblem:—pr.p. emblem′atīsing; pa.p. emblem′atīsed.—n. Emblem′atist a writer or inventor of emblems.

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