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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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"Imagine" Quotes from Famous Books

... change conditions of ill-health, because fullness and harmony of the three kinds of ether-movements are the designed ideals of our lives and the laws of perfect well-being (what other design can we possibly imagine?), and the good suggestion operates to bring about ...

— Mastery of Self • Frank Channing Haddock

... you hope the Duke will returne no more: or you imagine me to vnhurtfull an opposite: but indeed I can doe you little harme: You'll for-sweare this againe? Luc. Ile be hang'd first: Thou art deceiu'd in mee Friar. But no more of this: Canst thou tell if Claudio die to morrow, or no? Duke. Why should he die Sir? ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

... that," answered Bart pleasantly. "Ah! some kind of liquid, I should imagine," and he shook the box, its contents echoing ...

— Bart Stirling's Road to Success - Or; The Young Express Agent • Allen Chapman

... Prussia," said Dunstanwolde as they talked of the hero once, "has given more trouble than any of the allies. He is ever ready to contest a point, or to imagine some slight to his dignity and rank. It has been almost impossible to manage him. How think you my Lord Marlborough won him over? By doing that which no other man—diplomat or soldier—would have had the wit to see the implied flattery of, or the composure to perform without loss of dignity. ...

— His Grace of Osmonde • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... free from this malady? As I look around in society, I see staring glassy ellipses on every side "in the place where eyes ought to grow,"—and perhaps most of the unfortunate owls get along very comfortably with their artificial eyes. But imagine a bashful youth, awkward and near-sighted, whose friends dissuade him from wearing glasses. Is there in the universe an individual more unlucky, more blundering, more ...

— Autumn Leaves - Original Pieces in Prose and Verse • Various

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