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verb (used with object)
1.
to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
2.
to think, believe, or fancy: He imagined the house was haunted.
3.
to assume; suppose: I imagine they'll be here soon.
4.
to conjecture; guess: I cannot imagine what you mean.
5.
Archaic. to plan, scheme, or plot.
verb (used without object)
6.
to form mental images of things not present to the senses; use the imagination.
7.
to suppose; think; conjecture.
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Imagining
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English imaginen < Middle French imaginer < Latin imāginārī, equivalent to imāgin- (stem of imāgō) image + -ā- thematic vowel + -rī infinitive ending
1300–50; Middle English imaginen < Middle French imaginer < Latin imāginārī, equivalent to imāgin- (stem of imāgō) image + -ā- thematic vowel + -rī infinitive ending
Related forms
i·mag·in·er, noun
pre·im·ag·ine, verb (used with object), -ined, -in·ing.
re·i·mag·ine, verb (used with object), -ined, -in·ing.
un·im·ag·ined, adjective
well-i·mag·ined, adjective
Synonyms
1. image, picture. Imagine, conceive, conceive of, realize refer to bringing something before the mind. To imagine is, literally, to form a mental image of something: to imagine yourself in London. To conceive is to form something by using one's imagination: How has the author conceived the first act of his play? To conceive of is to comprehend through the intellect something not perceived through the senses: Wilson conceived of a world free from war. To realize is to make an imagined thing real or concrete to oneself, to grasp fully its implications: to realize the extent of one's folly.
1. image, picture. Imagine, conceive, conceive of, realize refer to bringing something before the mind. To imagine is, literally, to form a mental image of something: to imagine yourself in London. To conceive is to form something by using one's imagination: How has the author conceived the first act of his play? To conceive of is to comprehend through the intellect something not perceived through the senses: Wilson conceived of a world free from war. To realize is to make an imagined thing real or concrete to oneself, to grasp fully its implications: to realize the extent of one's folly.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
imagine
mid-14c., "to form a mental image of," from O.Fr. imaginer, from L. imaginari "to form a mental picture to oneself, imagine" (also, in L.L. imaginare "to form an image of, represent"), from imago (see image). Sense of "suppose" is first recorded late 14c. Imaginary "not real"
EXPANDis from late 14c. (ymaginaire). First record of imagination "faculty of the mind which forms and manipulates images" is from mid-14c. (ymaginacion). Imaginative first attested late 14c. (ymaginatyf).
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