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.
