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Antonyms for envisaging

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-viz-ij
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈvɪz ɪdʒ

Definition of envisaging

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 picture in one's mind
  • verb imagine
Example sentences :
  • This was the refuge he kept locked, using the expression and envisaging it.
  • Extract from : « If Winter Comes » by A.S.M. Hutchinson
  • A stern way of envisaging the world: but it gives not only security against the gods, but also resignation and tranquillity.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions » by Carveth Read
  • The fallacy of such arguments lies in envisaging the large problem of East and West from its partial expression.
  • Extract from : « Japan and the California Problem » by Toyokichi Iyenaga
  • Life was no longer boring, he was envisaging everything from a new point of view, he had no longer any ambition.
  • Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
  • And then one of the towers flashed on a sub-ray—the dull infra-red for envisaging the slow rays below the power of human sight.
  • Extract from : « Tarrano the Conqueror » by Raymond King Cummings
  • And our bias renders us perhaps equally incapable of envisaging the mind of the enemy.
  • Extract from : « The Better Germany in War Time » by Harold Picton
  • "Or—" Cassandra began, but checked herself from the liberty of envisaging Katharine as the widow of a distinguished lawyer.
  • Extract from : « Night and Day » by Virginia Woolf
  • He was envisaging the days which were now bound to come with a peculiar sense of tension.
  • Extract from : « The Road to the Open » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • But, as for Mr. Senhouse himself, at this time of envisaging of ways I don't believe that he entered her head.
  • Extract from : « Rest Harrow » by Maurice Hewlett
  • But he contrived to win the President over to his way of envisaging many Oriental questions.
  • Extract from : « The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference » by Emile Joseph Dillon

Synonyms for envisaging

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