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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMAG'INE, v.t. [L. imaginor, from imago, image.]
1. To form a notion or idea in the mind; to fancy. We can imagine the figure of a horse's head united to a human body.
In this sense, fancy is the more proper word.
2. To form ideas or representations in the mind, by modifying and combining our conceptions.
3. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? Psalms 62.
IMAG'INE, v.i. To conceive; to have a notion or idea. I cannot imagine how this should have happened.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" [syn: imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage]
2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]

Merriam Webster's

verb (imagined; imagining) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French imaginer, from Latin imaginari, from imagin-, imago image Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to form a mental image of (something not present) <imagine accidents at every turn> 2. archaic plan, scheme 3. suppose, guess <I imagine it will rain> 4. to form a notion of without sufficient basis ; fancy <imagines himself to be a charming conversationalist> intransitive verb 1. to use the imagination 2. believe 3 Synonyms: see think

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 a form a mental image or concept of. b picture to oneself (something non-existent or not present to the senses). 2 (often foll. by to + infin.) think or conceive (imagined them to be soldiers). 3 guess (cannot imagine what they are doing). 4 (often foll. by that + clause) suppose; be of the opinion (I imagine you will need help). 5 (in imper.) as an exclamation of surprise (just imagine!). Derivatives: imaginer n. Etymology: ME f. OF imaginer f. L imaginari (as IMAGE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Imagine Im*ag"ine, v. i. 1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise. 2. To think; to suppose. My sister is not so defenseless left As you imagine. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Imagine Im*ag"ine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imagined; p. pr. & vb. n. Imagining.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See Image.] 1. 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! --Shak. 2. 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? --Ps. lxii. 3. 3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. --Shak. Syn: To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(imagines, imagining, imagined) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you imagine something, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it. He could not imagine a more peaceful scene... Can you imagine how she must have felt when Mary Brent turned up with me in tow?... Imagine you're lying on a beach, listening to the steady rhythm of waves lapping the shore... I can't imagine you being unfair to anyone, Leigh. VERB: V n/-ing, V wh, V that, V n -ing/prep 2. If you imagine that something is the case, you think that it is the case. I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre... 'Was he meeting someone?'—'I imagine so.' = suppose VERB: V that, V so/not 3. If you imagine something, you think that you have seen, heard, or experienced that thing, although actually you have not. I realised that I must have imagined the whole thing. = dream VERB: V n, also V that

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

i-maj'-in (chashabh; meletao): The word most frequently translated "to imagine" in the Old Testament, only in the King James Version and the English Revised Version, not in the American Standard Revised Version, is chashabh, "to bind," "combine," "think" (Job 6:26; Ps 10:2; 21:11; 140:2; Ho 7:15; Na 1:9,11; Zec 7:10; 8:17); we have also haghah in the King James Version and the English Revised Version, but not in the American Standard Revised Version, "to meditate," "mutter," "speak" (Ps 2:1; 38:12); zamam, "to devise" (Ge 11:6 the King James Version); charash, "to grave," "devise" (Pr 12:20 the King James Version); hathath, "to break in upon," to "attack unjustly" (Ps 62:3 the King James Version); meletao, "to meditate" (Ac 4:25).

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Conceive, image, fancy, picture, picture to one's self, figure to one's self. 2. Devise, contrive, project, frame, invent, mould, create. 3. Suppose, assume, take for hypothesis, make the hypothesis. 4. Think, believe, suppose, apprehend, deem. II. v. n. Suppose, think, opine, believe, deem, assume, fancy, dream, take it into one's head, have a notion.

Moby Thesaurus

account as, assume, be afraid, believe, coin, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, conclude, concoct, conjecture, consider, contemplate, cook up, create, daresay, deduce, deem, devise, divine, dream, dream up, envisage, envision, esteem, estimate, expect, experience imaginatively, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, feature, feel, fictionalize, gather, grant, guess, hatch, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hold, hold as, ideate, image, infer, invent, judge, let, let be, look upon, look upon as, maintain, mold, opine, originate, picture, ponder, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, produce, provisionally accept, realize, reckon, regard, repute, say, see, set down as, shape, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, think, think of, think up, trow, understand, view, view as, vision, visualize, ween