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[ verb ] imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Examples "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen" "I can see a risk in this strategy" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)On the street outside , Hieronymus envisions a holocaust of the vanities of this world , such a burning of artistic and erotic productions as his namesake actually brought to pass in Florence , and prophetically he issues his curse : `` Gladius_Dei super terram cito et velociter '' . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)Electricity plays such an important part in community life today that it is difficult to envision a time when current was not available for daily use . |
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[ verb ] picture to oneself; imagine possible
Synonyms Examples "I cannot envision him as President" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)Nevertheless , most_of the teen-agers I interviewed believed_in maintaining their Jewish identity and even envisioned joining a synagogue or temple . (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)Only Walter_Lippman envisioned the possibility of our having `` outlived most_of what we used_to regard_as the program of our national purposes '' . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)The mayor envisioned factories there . |
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