imaginary (1 the ordinary mod. sense; 2 and 3 obs. and somewhat rare, not pre-S.)
1.
existing only in
imagination, not real Err. IV. iii.
10,
R2 II. ii. 27
“Which for things true
weeps things ,”
2H4 IV. iv. 59
“forms ,”
Ven 597 “All is she doth
prove.”
2.
of or belonging to
the imagination, imaginative
John IV. ii. 265
“foul eyes of blood
Presented thee more hideous,”
H5 I. Chor. 18
“your forces,”
Troil. III. ii. 18
“The relish,”
Sonn. xxvii. 9
“my soul's sight.”
3.
representing things
by means of images
Lucr. 1422
“much imaginary
work.”
