effigies (efijiez)

[L.: see effigy.] An effigy. This same Dagoberts monument I saw there, and under his Effigies this Epitaph. Coryat, Crudities, I. 46. We behold the species of eloquence in our minds, the effigies or actual image of which we seek in the organs of our hearing. Dryden , tr. of Dufresnoy's Art of Painting. effigurate (e-fig'u-rat), a. [L. ex, out, + figu ratus , pp. of figurare , figure, figura , a figure: see figurate .] In bot . , having a definite form or figure: applied to lichens: opposed to effuse . effigy (ef'i-ji), n.; pl. effigies (-jiz). [Formerly also eff i gie , and, as L., eff i gies ; = F. effigie = Sp. efigie = Pg. It. effigie , effigia , a copy or imitation of an object, an image, likene , effingere , pp. effictus , form, fashion, represent, ex , out , + fingere ( fig- ), form: see feign , fiction.] A representation or imitation of any object, in whole or in part; an image or a representation of a person, whether of the whole figure, the bust, or the head alone; a likene in sculpture, painting, or drawing; a portrait: most frequently applied to the figures on sepulchral monuments, and popularly to figures made up of stuffed clothing, etc., to represent obnoxious persons. rate pat a dni Aar bilathe stept am rui obrt fecundo die Mentis angali στις dm willesime tar tertio cing and mind Effigy.-Bra in West Lynn Church, Norfolk, England. A choice library, over which are the effigies of most of our late men of polite literature. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 21, 1644. The abbey church of St. Denis po e es the largest collection of French 13th-century monumental effigies . Encyc . Brit ., XXI. 563. A chair of state was placed on it, and in this was seated an effigy of King Henry, clad in sable robes and adorned with all the insignia of royalty. Pre scott , Ferd. and Isa., i. 3. To burn or hang in effigy, to burn or hang an image or a picture of (a person), either as a substitute for actual burning or hanging (formerly practised by judicial authorities as a vicarious punishment of a condemned person who had escaped their jurisdiction), or, as at the present time, as an expre ion of dislike, hatred, or contempt: a mode in which public antipathy or indignation is often manifested. This night the youths of the Citty burnt the Pope in effigie. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 5, 1673.