'Envisage' definitions:
Definition of 'envisage'
(from WordNet)
verb
Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" [syn: imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage]
Definition of 'Envisage'
From: GCIDE
- Envisage \En*vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envisaged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Envisaging.] [F. envisager; pref. en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See Visage.] To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [R.] --Keats. [1913 Webster]
- From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. --McCosh. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'envisage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admit,
- affront,
- anticipate,
- assimilate,
- behold,
- brave,
- breast,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- call to mind,
- call up,
- challenge,
- complete,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- conceive,
- confront,
- confront with,
- conjure up,
- contain,
- contemplate,
- count in,
- cover,
- dare,
- defy,
- dread,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- encounter,
- envision,
- expect,
- externalize,
- face,
- face with,
- fancy,
- feature,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- forecast,
- foreglimpse,
- foresee,
- foretaste,
- front,
- grasp,
- have in mind,
- have in view,
- hold,
- hope,
- image,
- imagine,
- include,
- incorporate,
- just see,
- lay before,
- look ahead,
- look beyond,
- look forward to,
- look upon,
- materialize,
- meditate,
- meet,
- meet squarely,
- number among,
- objectify,
- occupy,
- picture,
- place before,
- predict,
- present to,
- presume,
- put it to,
- realize,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- regard,
- represent,
- see,
- see ahead,
- see beforehand,
- set before,
- stem,
- summon up,
- survey,
- take for granted,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take up,
- think,
- view,
- vision,
- visualize