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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To picture in the mind; imagine.

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  • verb transitive To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.

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  • verb picture to oneself; imagine possible
  • verb imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

Etymologies

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From the Latin visionem, a sight or thing seen.

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  • Synomym for envisage.

    July 10, 2007