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   Im·ag·ine

   /iˈmajən/

   

   verb

   • 1. form a mental image or concept of: "I couldn't imagine what she expected to tell them" Similar visualizeenvisageenvisionpictureform a picture ofsee in the mind's eyeconjure upconceptualizedream aboutfantasize aboutdream upthink upconceivethink ofplanprojectscheme
   • ▪ believe (something unreal or untrue) to exist or be so: "I think you're imagining things"
   • 2. suppose or assume: "after Ned died, everyone imagined that Mabel would move away" Similar assumepresumeexpecttake ittake it for grantedtake it as readtake it as givenpresupposesupposethink it likelydare saythinksurmiseconjecturebelievebe of the opinion thatfancyfeelbe of the viewbe under the impressionfigureinformal:guessreckonformal:opinearchaic:weenOpposite doubt
   • ▪ just suppose: "imagine! to outwit Heydrich!"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’ and imaginari ‘picture to oneself’, both from imago, imagin- ‘image’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. imaginer noun

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