imagine

Definitions


[ɪˈmadʒ(ɪ)n], (Verb)

Definitions:
- form a mental image or concept of
(e.g: she imagined him at his desk, his head in his hands)

- suppose or assume
(e.g: after Ned died, everyone imagined that Mabel would move away)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’ and imaginari ‘picture to oneself’, both from imago, imagin- ‘image’




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