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   envisage

   /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event: "the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers" Similar foreseepredictforecastforetellanticipateexpectthink likelyenvisionintendproposemeanimaginecontemplatevisualizeenvisionpicturesee in one's mind's eyeconceive ofthink ofunderstandgraspappreciateapprehendrare:ideate
   • ▪ form a mental picture of (something not yet existing or known): "he knew what he liked but had difficulty envisaging it"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from French envisager, from en- ‘in’ + visage ‘face’.

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