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visualizing

[vizh-oo-uh-lahyz] Origin

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.

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Visualizing is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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
non·vis·u·al·ized, adjective
re·vis·u·al·i·za·tion, noun
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re·vis·u·al·ize, verb, -ized, -iz·ing.
un·vis·u·al·ized, adjective
well-vis·u·al·ized, adjective
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visualize
1817, first attested in, and perhaps was coined by, Coleridge; see visual + -ize.
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