Word Meanings - EIKON - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.
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- SENSE
A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, - RATHER
Prior; earlier; former. Now no man dwelleth at the rather town. Sir J. Mandeville. - ABSTRACTION
The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or - EFFIGY
The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes - ABSTRACTEDLY
In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind. - ABSTRACTITIOUS
Obtained from plants by distillation. Crabb. - ABSTRACTNESS
The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke. - ABSTRACTIONAL
Pertaining to abstraction. - IMAGERY
1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation 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. 2. Fig.: Unreal - IMAGER
One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor. Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare imager. Holland. - ABSTRACTIONIST
An idealist. Emerson. - IMAGELESS
Having no image. Shelley. - ABSTRACTIVE
Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. "The abstractive faculty." I. Taylor. - SENSEFUL
Full of sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious. "Senseful speech." Spenser. "Men, otherwise senseful and ingenious." Norris. - IMAGEABLE
That may be imaged. - ABSTRACTIVENESS
The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property. - ABSTRACTLY
In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered. - ABSTRACTER
One who abstracts, or makes an abstract. - ABSTRACTIVELY
In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham. - RARELY
1. In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen. 2. Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2. The person who played so rarely on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott. The rest of the spartments are rarely gilded. Evelyn. - INSENSE
To make to understand; to instruct. Halliwell. - NONSENSE
1. That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity. 2. Trifles; things of no importance. Nonsense verses, lines made by taking any words which occur, - COMMON SENSE
See SENSE - PILGRIMAGE
1. The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life. Shak. The days of the years of my pilgrimage. Gen. xlvii. 9. 2. A tedious and wearisome time. In prison hast - PRIMAGE
A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part - UNSENSED
Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification. Puller. - ARCHIMAGE; ARCHIMAGUS
Gr. 1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire. 2. A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. Spenser.