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vis⋅u⋅al⋅ize

[vizh-oo-uh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to recall or form mental images or pictures.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make visual or visible.
3. to form a mental image of.
4. to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.
Also, especially British, vis⋅u⋅al⋅ise.


Origin:
1810–20; visual + -ize


vis⋅u⋅al⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
vis⋅u⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
vis⋅u⋅al⋅iz⋅er, vis⋅u⋅al⋅ist, noun
vi·su·al·ize   (vĭzh'ōō-ə-līz')   
v.   vi·su·al·ized, vi·su·al·iz·ing, vi·su·al·iz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To form a mental image of; envisage: tried to visualize the scene as it was described.
  2. To make visible.
v.   intr.
To form a mental image.
vi'su·al·i·za'tion (-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

Visualize

Vis"u*al*ize\, v. i. To form a mental image of something not present before the eye at the time.

Visualize

Vis"u*al*ize\, v. t. To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy. [Written also visualise.]

No one who has not seen them [glaciers] can possibly visualize them. --Lubbock.

Main Entry: vi·su·al·ize
Variant: also British vi·su·al·ise /'vizh-(&-)w&-"lIz, 'vizh-&-"lIz/
Function:transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ized also British -ised; -iz·ing also British -is·ing
: to make visible: as a : to see or form a mental image of b : to make (an organ) visible by radiographic visualization <visualize the gallbladder> c : toprepare (as an organism or tissue) for microscopic examination especially by staining
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