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/ˈɪmədʒri/ /ˈɪmɪdʒri/ Listen

noun

Imagery n.

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. "Painted imagery." "In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery."

Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance. "What can thy imagery of sorrow mean?"

The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. "The imagery of a melancholic fancy."

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."

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Etymology of 'Imagery'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Imagery" Quotes from Famous Books

... presented to me. Its perusal has been my evening's recreation, and I have never more enjoyed the beauty and grandeur of the poem than as recited by you. The translation is as truthful as powerful, and faithfully represents the imagery and rhythm of the bold original. The undeserved compliment in prose and verse, on the first leaves of the volume, I received as your tribute to the merit of my countrymen, who ...

— Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee • Captain Robert E. Lee, His Son

... have received any preliminary training for the ministry, or any orthodox qualification to practise it. "We're all working in the claim of the Lord," he remarked one day, "and it don't matter a cent whether we're hired for the job or whether we waltzes in on our own account," a piece of rough imagery which appealed directly to the instincts of Jackman's Gulch. It is quite certain that during the first few months his presence had a marked effect in diminishing the excessive use both of strong drinks ...

— The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle

... the book this was the last one would have supposed Dan would like best, and even Mrs Jo was surprised at his perceiving the moral of the tale through the delicate imagery and romantic language by which it was illustrated. But as she looked and listened she remembered the streak of sentiment and refinement which lay concealed in Dan like the gold vein in a rock, making him quick to feel and to enjoy fine colour in a flower, grace in an animal, sweetness in women, ...

— Jo's Boys • Louisa May Alcott

... it was interdicted by the Protestant clergy. The subject of the drama is the rebellion of Lucifer, and the characters are the good and bad angels. In this as in his other plays there abound fantastic descriptions full of splendid imagery, passages of powerful eloquence, fine choruses, vigorous thought, solemn phrases, rich and sonorous verse, while here and there are gleams and flashes of genius. On the other hand, his work is pervaded by a mysticism ...

— Holland, v. 1 (of 2) • Edmondo de Amicis

... eminently worthy of notice that the lavish and bold imagery of Ezekiel effectually served the immediate purpose for which it was employed; it attracted the people's regard, explained the prophecy to their understandings, and fixed the lessons in their memories. It is ...

— The Parables of Our Lord • William Arnot

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