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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imagery \Im"age*ry\, n. [OE. imagerie F. imagerie.]
1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation
of objects; imitation work images in general, or in mass.
``Painted imagery.'' --Shak.
In those oratories might you see Rich carvings,
portraitures, and imagery. --Dryden.
2. Fig.: Unreal show imitation; appearance.
What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? --Prior.
3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas;
imaginary phantasms.
The imagery of a melancholic fancy. --Atterbury.
4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid
descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible
objects; figures in discourse.
I wish there may be in this poem any instance of
good imagery. --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
imagery
n : the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he
could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: {imagination},
{imaging}, {mental imagery}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Imagery
only in the phrase "chambers of his imagery" (Ezek. 8:12). (See {CHAMBER}.)
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