Blazen
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To set ablaze transitive
"An active rival, who let no opportunity escape to enhance his own interest to the detriment of ours, was unsparing in his efforts to blazen his own glories, and prevent the Eastern world from discovering anything valuable beyond the Mississippi river."
- 2 To be ablaze intransitive
"We were on the left center, Mosleys battery on our left, brave men melting before the blazening cannon and chargeing^([sic]) Infantry one volley after another and dead men were in piles."
Example
More examples"An active rival, who let no opportunity escape to enhance his own interest to the detriment of ours, was unsparing in his efforts to blazen his own glories, and prevent the Eastern world from discovering anything valuable beyond the Mississippi river."
Etymology
From blaze + -en.
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