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verb

Imagine v. t. (past & past part. imagined; pres. part. imagining)

To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination. "In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear!"

To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5. "How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?"

To represent to one's self; to think; to believe.

Synonyms: To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise.

Imagine v. i.

To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.

To think; to suppose. "My sister is not so defenseless left As you imagine."

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Etymology of 'Imagine'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... of the time mention more than the principals. Mr. W. G. Fay played the old countryman, and Miss Quinn his wife, while Miss Maude Gonne was Cathleen ni Houlihan, and very magnificently she played. The Play has been constantly revived, and has, I imagine, been played more often than any other, except perhaps Lady Gregory's "Spreading the News," at the Abbey ...

— The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays • William B. Yeats

... elongation of the first or index-finger, in the abbreviation of the thumb and middle finger, and in the reduction of the ring-finger. These fingers, with sharp claws, were not strong enough for climbing, and the only special fitness we have been able to imagine is that they were used for the grasping of a light and agile prey (see figs. ...

— Dinosaurs - With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections • William Diller Matthew

... intention of flying away from this fatal spot, and taking up their abode for the winter at the mouth of False River, where they can obtain a livelihood by seal-fishing; but Oolibuck thought they did not mean to put the threat in execution, and did not imagine that they were in such alarm that they would go off ...

— Ungava • R.M. Ballantyne

... Hector could not imagine how the running water had got there, and Willie had to tell him what I am now going to tell my reader. His grandmother's sovereign and his own ...

— Gutta-Percha Willie • George MacDonald

... knickerbockers, and black stockings, all soiled like the old scarlet flower-pot shaped cap. In his get-up he reminded me of a famous music-master and composer of my acquaintance, whose sense of harmony is very perfect with regard to sounds, but exceedingly crude as to colours. Imagine a big, long-haired man arrayed in a bottle-green coat, scarlet waistcoat, pink necktie, blue trousers, white hat, purple gloves and yellow boots! If it were not for the fact that he wears his clothes a very long ...

— A Traveller in Little Things • W. H. Hudson

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