imagery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: imagery	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for imagery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imagery n the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" Synonym(s): imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imagery \Im"agery\, 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. [bd]Painted imagery.[b8] --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 Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Imagery only in the phrase "chambers of his imagery" (Ezek. 8:12). (See {CHAMBER}.)