IM'AGE, n. L. imago.
1. A representation or similitude of any person or thing, formed of a material substance as an image wrought out of stone, wood or wax.
Whose is this image and superscription? Matthew 22
2. A statue.
3. An idol the representation of any person or thing, that is an object of worship. The second commandment forbids the worship of images.
4. The likeness of any thing on canvas a picture a resemblance painted.
5. Any copy, representation or likeness.
The child is the image of its mother.
6. Semblance show appearance.
The face of things a frightful image bears.
7. An idea a representation of any thing to the mind a conception a picture drawn by fancy.
Can we conceive
Image of aught delightful, soft or great?
8. In rhetoric, a lively description of any thing in discourse, which presents a kind of picture to the mind.
9. In optics, the figure of any object, made by rays of light proceeding from the several points of it. Thus a mirror reflects the image of a person standing before it, as does water in a vessel or stream, when undisturbed.
IM'AGE, To imagine to copy by the imagination to form a likeness in the mind by the fancy or recollection.
And image charms he must behold no more.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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