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imaged

imaged is the simple past and past participle of image.

Meaning of image

Verb

image (third-person singular simple present images, present participle imaging, simple past and past participle imaged)

  1. (transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
    • This Representation of the Terrors which must have attended the Conflict of two such mighty Powers as Jupiter and Neptune, whereby the Elements had been mix’d in Confusion, and the whole Frame of Nature endangered, is imaged in these few Lines with a Nobleness suitable to the Occasion.1718, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume IV, Observations on the Fifteenth Book, Note 14 on verse 252, p. 215
  2. (transitive) To reflect, mirror.
    • See’st thou yon river, whose translucent wave,
      Forth issuing from the darkness, windeth through
      The argent streets o’ th’ City, imaging
      The soft inversion of her tremulous Domes,1829, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Timbuctoo”, in The Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson, volume I, London: J.M. Dent & Sons, published 1906, page 10
  3. (transitive) To create an image of.
    • The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2014
  4. (transitive) To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

See all 15 meanings of image

Words formed from imaged

Questions about imaged

What is imaged the simple past and past participle of?
Imaged is the simple past and past participle of image.

Words near imaged in the dictionary

  1. imageabilities
  2. imageability
  3. imageable
  4. imageboard
  5. imageboards
  6. imaged
  7. imageless
  8. imagelessness
  9. imagelike
  10. imagemaker
  11. imagemakers

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