[syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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In the night, imagining some fear,
How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak.
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2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass;
to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.
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How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?
--Ps. lxii. 3.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, v. i.
1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
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2. To think; to suppose.
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My sister is not so defenseless left
As you imagine. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
imagine
v 1: 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]
2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think,
opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "imagine":
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