Ĭm'age-ry, n.

(ĭm/aj-rĭ) (Synop., § 130), n.

1Sense 1. The work of one who makes images or visible representations 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.

2Sense 2. Hence, unreal show; imitation; appearance.

What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? Prior.

3Sense 3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. “The imagery of a melancholic fancy.” Auerbury.

4Sense 4. Rhetorical decoration; representations in writing or speaking; sensuous pictures or descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects or phenomena; figures in discourse.

I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. Dryden.