im´age|less

im´age|less
im|age «IHM ihj», noun, verb, -aged, -ag|ing.
–n.
1. a likeness or copy: »

You will see your image in this mirror. She is almost the image of her mother. God created man in his own image (Genesis 1:27).

SYNONYM(S): resemblance, form, appearance.
2. a) a likeness made of stone, wood, or some other material; statue: »

The shelf was full of little images of all sorts of animals. The ancient Greeks and Romans worshiped images of their gods.

b) a likeness painted, drawn, or carved on a surface: »

an image of Caesar on a coin.

3. a picture in the mind; idea: »

I can shut my eyes and see images of things and persons.

SYNONYM(S): conception.
4. a comparison, description, or figure of speech that helps the mind to form forceful or beautiful pictures. Poetry often contains images.
5. a symbol; representation; example: »

This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna (Shakespeare). An awful image of calm power…now thou sittest (Shelley).

SYNONYM(S): embodiment.
6. the impression that a person, group, or organization presents to the public or a segment of it: »

to create a new corporate image, to project a favorable image.

7. the optical reproduction of an object, especially one produced by reflection in a mirror, or refraction through a lens or small hole.
8. a television picture.
9. Psychology. a sensory experience revived in whole or in part in the absence of the original stimulation.
10. Archaic. an illusion; apparition.
–v.t.
1. to make or form an image of; represent by an image; portray.
2. to reflect as a mirror does; mirror: »

The clouds were imaged in the still waters of the lake.

3. to picture in one's mind; imagine; conceive: »

The soldier could image what his friends were doing at home.

4. to describe with images: »

The flight of Satan to the gates of hell is finely imaged (Joseph Addison).

5. to symbolize; typify: »

O stream!…Thou imagest my life (Shelley).

[< Old French image, learned borrowing from Latin imāgō, -inis. See etym. of doublet imago. (Cf.imago)]
im´age|less, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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