point or system of points, on one side of a mirror or lens, which, if it existed, would emit the system of
rays which actually exists on the other side of the mirror or lens. Clerk Maxwell.
Image
(Im"age) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imaged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Imaging ]
1. To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.
"Shrines of imaged saints." J. Warton.
2. To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more.
Pope. Imageable
(Im"age*a*ble) a. That may be imaged. [R.]
Imageless
(Im"age*less), a. Having no image. Shelley.
Imager
(Im"a*ger) n. One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor. [Obs.]
Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare imager.
Holland. 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.
