envisage

See also: envisagé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛnˈvɪzɪdʒ/, /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/
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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.
    • McCosh
      From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self.

Translations

Further reading

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

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

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