image
1. im.age \'im-ij\ n [ME, fr. OF, short for imagene, fr. L imagin-, imago;
akin to] L imitari to imitate 1: a reproduction or imitation of the form of
a person or thing; esp : an imitation in solid form 2a: the optical
counterpart of an object produced by a lens, mirror, or oth er optical
system 2b: any likeness of an object produced on a photographic material
3: exact likeness 4a: a tangible or visible representation : INCARNATION
archaic 4b: an illusory form : APPARITION 5a1: a mental picture of
something not actually present : IMPRESSIONM 5a2: a mental conception held
in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and
orientation 5b: IDEA, CONCEPT 6: a vivid or graphic representation or
description 7a: something introduced to represent something else that it
strikingly res embles or suggests 7b: FIGURE OF SPEECH 8: a person
strikingly like another person
2. image vt 1: to describe or portray in language esp. vividly 2: to call
up a mental picture of : IMAGINE 3a: REFLECT, MIRROR 3b: to make appear :
PROJECT 4a: to create a representation of 4b: to represent symbolically