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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Imagery \Im"age*ry\ ([i^]m"[asl]j*r[y^]; 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.
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In those oratories might you see
Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. --Dryden.
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2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
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What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? --Prior.
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3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas;
imaginary phantasms.
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The imagery of a melancholic fancy. --Atterbury.
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4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid
descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible
objects; figures in discourse.
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I wish there may be in this poem any instance of
good imagery. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imagery
n 1: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he
could still hear her in his imagination" [syn:
{imagination}, {imaging}, {imagery}, {mental imagery}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
