envisage

Definitions


[ɛnˈvɪzɪdʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event
(e.g: the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century: from French envisager, from en- ‘in’ + visage ‘face’




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