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image (<icr/m"<asl/j; 48), n. [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate.
| image | (<icr/m"<asl/j; 48), n. [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.] 1.
An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.
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-Even like a stony image, cold and numb. Shak.
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-Whose is this image and superscription? Matt. xxii. 20.
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-This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna. Shak.
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-And God created man in his own image. Gen. i. 27.
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Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol. Chaucer.
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-Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them. Ex. xx. 4, 5.
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Show; appearance; cast.
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-The face of things a frightful image bears. Dryden.
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A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.
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| image | (<icr/m"<asl/j; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imaged (<icr/m"<asl/jd; 48); 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.
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To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
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