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3 definitions found 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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