1. (n.) An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.

2. (n.) Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.

3. (n.) Show; appearance; cast.

4. (n.) A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.

5. (n.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.

6. (n.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror.

7. (v. t.) To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.

8. (v. t.) To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.

Doppelganger Vorstellung abstract abstraction adumbrate affectation affectedness airs airs and graces allusion ally altarpiece alter ego analogon analogue angle apparition appearance apprehension archetypal pattern archetype artificiality asiaticism aspect associate badge banner black spot block print bloom blooping body forth brother call to mind call up cameo cast catalog cataloging certified copy character character sketch characteristic characterization clone close copy close match cognate collage color print companion complement conceit conceive concept conception conceptualization configuration congenator congener conjure up contemplate coordinate copy corporealization correlate correlative correspondent counterfeit counterpart cyclorama daub dead ringer definition delineate delineation demonstrate depict depiction describe description details device differentia diptych double duplicate earmark ectype effect effigy eidetic image eidolon embodiment embody engram engraving envisage envisaging envision envisioning epitome equal equivalent essence euphuism evocation exact likeness exemplify facade facet facsimile fair copy faithful copy fake false front false image false show fancy fantasy fashion father image feature feigned belief fellow fetish figurative language figurativeness figure figure of speech flare floridity flourish flower flowery style foreshadow forgery form fresco fringe area front gestalt ghost glass granulation graphic account graven image grid guise hallmark hard shadow hypocrisy icon idea idiosyncrasy idol idolum ikon illumination illustrate illustration imagery imagery study imagine imaging imagism imagistic poetry imago imitation impersonate impression incarnate incarnation index indicant indicator insignia insincerity intellectual object interpret itemization just see keynote kindred spirit lifelike image light like likeness limn limning lineaments living image living picture look look upon manner manner of speaking mannerism mark match mate materialization measure memory memory trace memory-trace mental image mental impression mental picture mental representation mere show metaphor miniature mirage mirror mirroring model montage mosaic mould multiple image mural near duplicate noise nonliterality nonliteralness note notion objectification objectify observation obverse opinion ornament panorama parallel particularization pasticcio pastiche peculiarity pendant perception personate personification personify phantasm phantasma phantasmagoria phantom phase phasis phasm phenomenon phony