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imagine

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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im=ag=ine

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb imagine has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

imaginev. t. [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See Image.].
  •  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!
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  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?"  [1913 Webster]
  •  To represent to one's self; to think; to believe.  Shak.
Syn. -- To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise.
imaginev. i. 
  •  To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To think; to suppose.  [1913 Webster]
    "My sister is not so defenseless left
    As you imagine.
    "  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

imagine, v.tr.
1 a form a mental image or concept of. b picture to oneself (something non-existent or not present to the senses).
2 (often foll. by to + infin.) think or conceive (imagined them to be soldiers).
3 guess (cannot imagine what they are doing).
4 (often foll. by that + clause) suppose; be of the opinion (I imagine you will need help).
5 (in imper.) as an exclamation of surprise (just imagine!).

Derivative
imaginer n.
Etymology
ME f. OF imaginer f. L imaginari (as IMAGE)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

imagine

Supposition

VB suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine, theorize, presume, presurmise, presuppose, assume, fancy, wis, take it, give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted, imagine, put forth, propound, propose, start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion, hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture, allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head, suggest itself, run in the head, marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.

Imagination

VB imagine, fancy, conceive, idealize, realize, dream, dream of, dream up, give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name, create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate, improvise, strike out something new, set one's wits to work, strain one's invention, crack one's invention, rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, excogitate, brainstorm, give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy, indulge in reverie, visualize, envision, conjure up a vision, fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself, vorstellen, float in the mind, suggest itself.

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