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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case;
- Example: "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
[syn: imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

envisage 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]