Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Latin plural of
imago .
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- noun Plural form of
imago . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imagine.
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Examples
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In Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum's "Ms. Hempel Chronicles," for example, the schoolteacher of the title imagines her students as "tenderhearted vultures."
In Fiction, Opposites Attract Jennifer Vanderbes 2011
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Frankenstein imagines is directed against himself ( "I carried pistols and a dagger constantly about me," (III: 5: 30).
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Last night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Kimmel sympathized with Sheen's publicist, who he imagines is having a hard time coming up with ways to excuse the actor's behavior.
Kimmel Reveals How Charlie Sheen's Publicist Copes (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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One imagines from the havoc wreaked on local currencies that the retreat in metals prices (and some grains) is going to ravage the economies of places like Brazil and Argentina.
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Last night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Kimmel sympathized with Sheen's publicist, who he imagines is having a hard time coming up with ways to excuse the actor's behavior.
Kimmel Reveals How Charlie Sheen's Publicist Copes (VIDEO) Katla McGlynn 2010
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Last night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Kimmel sympathized with Sheen's publicist, who he imagines is having a hard time coming up with ways to excuse the actor's behavior.
Kimmel Reveals How Charlie Sheen's Publicist Copes (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Stephen Chu wants your children to live worse so that his children can live better — in the world he imagines is the correct one.
Why scientists are under-represented in politics. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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[Morson then continues]: When Kitty insists on going with him [Levin, her husband] to his dying brother Nikolai, Levin imagines that she is simply afraid to be alone.
Archive 2008-06-01 Linda 2008
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[Morson then continues]: When Kitty insists on going with him [Levin, her husband] to his dying brother Nikolai, Levin imagines that she is simply afraid to be alone.
Anna Karenina and La Broderie Anglaise Linda 2008
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Think of God as the author of the world - only the world he imagines is real and the characters are both real and free - and take it from there.
Science, religion and lucre ... Frank Wilson 2006
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