To make into or treat as an emblem; to give emblematic status to something.
From emblematic plus the suffix -ize, which comes from Greek -izein and forms verbs meaning 'to make' or 'to cause to be.' This is a standard English word-formation pattern.
The -ize suffix originally meant 'to make like a Greek' (Hellenize) before becoming English's most productive verb-forming tool—now we can theoretically emblematicize any noun, showing how a historically specific ending became a general meaning-maker.
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