Im"age*ry (&ibreve;m"&asl;j*r&ybreve;; 277), 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.
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