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envisage
/ ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ /
verb
- to form a mental image of; visualize; contemplate
- to conceive of as a possibility in the future; foresee
- archaic.to look in the face of; confront
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Derived Forms
- enˈvisagement, noun
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Other Words From
- en·visage·ment noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of envisage1
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Example Sentences
All three envisage Assad staying in power—at least in the short term.
In a darkened movie theater, we allow filmmakers to deliver into our minds a false world to envisage.
He triumphed because he had the moral imagination to envisage a relationship beyond confrontation and war.
Does he envisage the possibility of a political stalemate in Iraq?
Our open-door policy will continue, so I would envisage more member states than today.
Joao Gomez had opened one eye far enough to envisage the eloquent intruder and to locate his broom.
But there is the fact, if Harriet can only bring her—shall I say stiff-necked prejudices to envisage it?'
This is the object which animals envisage in their perceptions from the beginning.
With regret I add that she did not envisage the episode in that light.
But it is certain that in discussing education we ought constantly to envisage the actual individuals to be educated.
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