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 for Blazoned
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Blazon \Bla"zon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blazoned; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Blazoning.] [From blazon, n.; confused with 4th blaze:
     cf. F. blasonner.]
     1. To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously;
        to publish or make public far and wide.
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              Thyself thou blazon'st.               --Shak.
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              There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow.
                                                    --Trumbull.
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              To blazon his own worthless name.     --Cowper.
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     2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
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              She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.
                                                    --Garth.
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     3. (Her.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of
        heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings);
        to emblazon.
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              The coat of, arms, which I am not herald enough to
              blazon into English.                  --Addison.
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