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im•age

[[t]ˈɪm ɪdʒ[/t]] n. v. -aged, -ag•ing

1) a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible

2) opt an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by a lens, or the passage of luminous rays through a small aperture

3) a mental representation; idea; conception

4) psl Psychol. a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus

5) form; appearance; semblance:

created in God's image[/ex]

6) counterpart; copy:

That child is the image of his mother[/ex]

7) pho a symbol; emblem

8) cvb a general or public perception, as of a company, esp. when achieved by calculation aimed at creating goodwill

9) type; embodiment:

the image of frustration[/ex]

10) rht a description of something in speech or writing

11) rht a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor or a simile

12) an idol or representation of a deity:

They knelt down before graven images[/ex]

13) math. Math. the point or set of points in the range corresponding to a designated point in the domain of a given function

14) to picture in the mind; imagine

15) to make an image of

16) pht to project (an image) on a surface

17) to reflect the likeness of; mirror

18) to describe in speech or writing

19) to symbolize; typify

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Etymology: 1175–1225; ME < OF image, imagene < L imāgō a copy, likeness im′age•a•ble, adj. im′ag•er, n.