Definitions
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Word origin
From French envisager, from en (“in”) + visage (“visage”); equivalent to en- + visage.
Used in a sentence
“From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self.”
“The prototype Liner train vehicles on show at Marylebone were not of the ultimate pattern either, for their wagon platform length is 42½ft, whereas 62½ft as envisaged as standard.”
“Cambridge-St Ives was another 1970 victim. Who would have envisaged that £200m would ever be spent on this rural branch to convert it into a guided busway?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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