verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.

   "From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self."

2. 2
   form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

envisionimagineadmitaffrontanticipateassimilate

Example

More examples

"Can you envisage Tom working in a garage?"

Etymology

From French envisager, from en (“in”) + visage (“visage”); equivalent to en- + visage.

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