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em·blem (em′bləm)

noun

  1. Historical a picture with a motto or verses, allegorically suggesting some moral truth, etc.
  2. a visible symbol of a thing, idea, class of people, etc.; object or representation that stands for or suggests something else the cross is an emblem of Christianity
  3. a sign, badge, or device

Etymology: orig., inlaid work < L emblema < Gr emblēma, insertion < emballein < en-, in + ballein, to throw, put: see ball

transitive verb

Rare to emblematize

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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