'Imagine' definitions:
Definition of 'imagine'
(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]
verb
Definition of 'Imagine'
From: GCIDE
- Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, v. i.
- 1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To think; to suppose. [1913 Webster]
- My sister is not so defenseless left As you imagine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Imagine'
From: GCIDE
- Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imagined; p. pr. & vb. n. Imagining.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See Image.]
- 1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination. [1913 Webster]
- In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5. [1913 Webster]
- How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? --Ps. lxii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. --Shak.
- Syn: To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imagine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account as,
- assume,
- be afraid,
- believe,
- coin,
- conceit,
- conceive,
- conceptualize,
- conclude,
- concoct,
- conjecture,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- cook up,
- create,
- daresay,
- deduce,
- deem,
- devise,
- divine,
- dream,
- dream up,
- envisage,
- envision,
- esteem,
- estimate,
- expect,
- experience imaginatively,
- fabricate,
- fancy,
- fantasize,
- feature,
- feel,
- fictionalize,
- gather,
- grant,
- guess,
- hatch,
- have a hunch,
- have an idea,
- have an impression,
- have an inkling,
- have the idea,
- hold,
- hold as,
- ideate,
- image,
- infer,
- invent,
- judge,
- let,
- let be,
- look upon,
- look upon as,
- maintain,
- mold,
- opine,
- originate,
- picture,
- ponder,
- prefigure,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- produce,
- provisionally accept,
- realize,
- reckon,
- regard,
- repute,
- say,
- see,
- set down as,
- shape,
- suppose,
- surmise,
- suspect,
- take,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take it,
- take to be,
- think,
- think of,
- think up,
- trow,
- understand,
- view,
- view as,
- vision,
- visualize,
- ween
Words containing 'Imagine'
- Imaginability,
- Imaginable,
- Imaginableness,
- Imaginably,
- Imaginal,
- Imaginant,
- Imaginate,
- Imagination,
- Imaginational,
- Imaginationalism,
- Imaginative,
- Imaginatively,
- Imaginativeness,
- Imagined,
- Imaginer,
- Imagining,
- Imaginous,
- Imaginal disks,
- figment of the imagination,
- imagination image,
- imaginative comparison,
- stretch of the imagination