
a mental representation; idea; conception.
form; appearance; semblance: We are all created in God's image.
a symbol; emblem.
the general or public perception of a company, public figure, etc., especially as achieved by careful calculation aimed at creating widespread goodwill.
Rhetoric. a figure of speech, especially a metaphor or a simile.
Archaic. an illusion or apparition.
verb (used with object), imaged, imaging.
to picture or represent in the mind; imagine; conceive.
to make an image of; portray in sculpture, painting, etc.
to reflect the likeness of; mirror.
to set forth in speech or writing; describe.
to symbolize; typify.
to resemble.

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old French image, imagene (-ene apparently construed as suffix) < Latin imāgin-, stem of imāgō a copy, likeness, equivalent to im- (cf. imitate) + -āgō noun suffix; (v.) Middle English: to form a mental picture < Old French imagier, derivative of image

imageable, adjective
imager, noun
preimage, noun
reimage, verb (used with object), reimaged, reimaging.
unimaged, adjective

1, 12. Image, icon, idol refer to material representations of persons or things. An image is a representation as in a statue or effigy, and is sometimes regarded as an object of worship: to set up an image of Apollo; an image of a saint. An icon in the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church, is a representation of Christ, an angel, or a saint, in painting, relief, mosaic, or the like: At least two icons are found in each church. An idol is an image, statue, or the like representing a deity and worshiped as such: a wooden idol; The heathen worship idols. It may be used figuratively: to make an idol of wealth. 2. likeness, figure, representation. 3. notion. 6. facsimile.

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image (ˈɪmɪdʒ)
1.  a representation or likeness of a person or thing, esp in sculpture
3.  a person or thing that resembles another closely; double or copy
4.  a mental representation or picture; idea produced by the imagination
5.  See also corporate image the personality presented to the public by a person, organization, etc: a criminal charge is not good for a politician's image
6.  the pattern of light that is focused on to the retina of the eye
7.  psychol imagery body image See also hypnagogic image the mental experience of something that is not immediately present to the senses, often involving memory
8.  a personification of a specified quality; epitome: the image of good breeding
10.  a figure of speech, such as a simile or metaphor
11.  maths
 b.  the range of a function
12.  an obsolete word for apparition
13.  to picture in the mind; imagine
14.  to make or reflect an image of
15.  computing to project or display on a screen or visual display unit
16.  to portray or describe
17.  to be an example or epitome of; typify
[C13: from Old French imagene, from Latin imāgō copy, representation; related to Latin imitārī to imitate]

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early 13c., "artificial representation that looks like a person or thing," from O.Fr. image, earlier imagene (11c.), from L. imaginem (nom. imago) "copy, statue, picture, idea, appearance," from stem of imitari "to copy, imitate" (see imitate). Meaning "reflection in a mirror"
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image im·age (ĭm'ĭj)

  1. An optically formed duplicate or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction of an object formed by a lens or mirror.

  2. A mental picture of something not real or present.

  3. An exact copy of data in a computer file transferred to another medium.

v. im·aged, im·ag·ing, im·ag·es
  1. To make or produce a likeness of.

  2. To picture something mentally; imagine.

  3. To translate photographs or other pictures by computer into numbers that can be transmitted to a remote location and then reconverted into pictures by another computer.

  4. To visualize something, as by magnetic resonance imaging.

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