envisage

See also envisagé

English

Etymology

From French envisager, from en (“in”) + visage (“visage”); see visage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɛnˈvɪz.ɪdʒ/, X-SAMPA: /En.vIz.IdZ/

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Verb

envisage (third-person singular simple present envisages, present participle envisaging, simple past and past participle envisaged)

1. To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine or envision.

   From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. — McCosh.

Related terms

• evidence
• visage
• vision
• visionary
• visual
• visualization
• visualize

Translations

to conceive or see something within in one's mind

• Bulgarian: представям си (bg) (predstavjam si)
• Finnish: kuvitella (fi), visioida (fi), nähdä mielessään (fi), kaavailla (fi)
• French: envisager (fr), prévoir (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: vorstellen (de)
• Polish: przedstawiać (pl)
• Portuguese: imaginar (pt), conjeturar (pt)

• Russian: представлять (ru) (predstavljat'), воображать (ru) (voobražat'), обдумывать (ru) (obdumyvat'), размышлять (ru) (razmyšljat'), рассматривать (ru) (rassmatrivat')
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: замислити (sh), предочити (sh)

  Roman: zamisliti (sh), predočiti (sh)

• Spanish: prever (es)
• Turkish: öngörmek (tr)

External links

• envisage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• envisage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Verb

envisage

1. first-person singular present indicative of envisager
2. third-person singular present indicative of envisager
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of envisager
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of envisager
5. second-person singular imperative of envisager

Anagrams

• vengeais