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IMAGERY
imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
(noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events; “he could still hear her in his imagination”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
imagery (countable and uncountable, plural imageries)
The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
Imitation work.
Images in general, or en masse.
(figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
Source: Wiktionary
Im"age*ry, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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