envisage
[en-viz-ij]
- to contemplate; visualize: He envisages an era of great scientific discoveries.
- Archaic. to look in the face of; face.
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Origin of envisage
Synonyms
See more synonyms for envisage on Thesaurus.com1. picture, imagine, conceive, envision.
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Contemporary Examples
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?
Historical Examples
And he was horror enough for any man in my circumstances to envisage.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
Vainly I rack my brains to envisage the manner of their passing.
Polter continued standing, I could envisage his sardonic grin.
Beyond the Vanishing PointRaymond King Cummings
He did not at first envisage his own plight in definite and comprehensible terms.
The War in the AirHerbert George Wells
Desperately I tried to envisage a situation so utterly beyond reason.
The Tower of OblivionOliver Onions
envisage
- 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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Word Origin
C19: from French envisager, from en- 1 + visage face, visage
usage
It was formerly considered incorrect to use a clause after envisage as in it is envisaged that the new centre will cost £40 million, but this use is now acceptable
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