Imagine

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imagined}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Imagining}.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p.
     imaginatus, fr. imago image. See {Image}.]
     1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental
        image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
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              In the night, imagining some fear,
              How easy is a bush supposed a bear!   --Shak.
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     2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass;
        to purpose. See {Compass}, v. t., 5.
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              How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?
                                                    --Ps. lxii. 3.
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     3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. --Shak.
  
     Syn: To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose;
          opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, v. i.
     1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
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     2. To think; to suppose.
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              My sister is not so defenseless left
              As you imagine.                       --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  imagine
       v 1: form a mental image of something that is not present or that
            is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the
            president?" [syn: {conceive of}, {ideate}, {envisage}]
       2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
          money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
          state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
          guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: {think},
           {opine}, {suppose}, {reckon}, {guess}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "imagine":
     account as, assume, be afraid, believe, coin, conceit, conceive,
     conceptualize, conclude, concoct, conjecture, consider,
     contemplate, cook up, create, daresay, deduce, deem, devise,
     divine, dream, dream up, envisage, envision, esteem, estimate,
     expect, experience imaginatively, fabricate, fancy, fantasize,
     feature, feel, fictionalize, gather, grant, guess, hatch,
     have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling,
     have the idea, hold, hold as, ideate, image, infer, invent, judge,
     let, let be, look upon, look upon as, maintain, mold, opine,
     originate, picture, ponder, prefigure, presume, presuppose,
     presurmise, produce, provisionally accept, realize, reckon, regard,
     repute, say, see, set down as, shape, suppose, surmise, suspect,
     take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, think,
     think of, think up, trow, understand, view, view as, vision,
     visualize, ween