Synonyms for envisage

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-viz-ij

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈvɪz ɪdʒ

Définition of envisage

Origin : 1778, from French envisager "look in the face of," from en- "cause to" (see en- (1)) + visage "face" (see visage). Related: Envisaged; envisaging.

verb imagine

Example sentences :

And he was horror enough for any man in my circumstances to envisage.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

Vainly I rack my brains to envisage the manner of their passing.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920 » by Various

Polter continued standing, I could envisage his sardonic grin.
Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings

He did not at first envisage his own plight in definite and comprehensible terms.
Extract from : « The War in the Air » by Herbert George Wells

Desperately I tried to envisage a situation so utterly beyond reason.
Extract from : « The Tower of Oblivion » by Oliver Onions

He attempted to envisage what attrition meant where millions were engaged.
Extract from : « The Soul of Susan Yellam » by Horace Annesley Vachell

In his heart, however, Uncle could not envisage Alfred as a prisoner.
Extract from : « The Soul of Susan Yellam » by Horace Annesley Vachell

Our minds, too, are not different in the Object which they envisage.
Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. II » by William James

She could envisage the point of view of Kit's mother only too well, and sympathise with it.
Extract from : « The Lamp of Fate » by Margaret Pedler

I could envisage our weapons, useless from the lack of power.
Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings

Antonyms for envisage

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