envisionv.

/ɛnˈvɪʒən/

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + vision n.

transitive. To see or foresee as in a vision; to envisage; to visualize.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)]

seeOE

thinkOE

bethinkc1175

devise1340

portraya1375

imagec1390

dreama1393

supposea1393

imaginea1398

conceive?a1425

fantasyc1430

purposea1513

to frame to oneselfa1529

'magine1530

imaginate1541

fancy1551

surmit?1577

surmise1586

conceit?1589

propose1594

ideate1610

project1612

figurea1616

forma1616

to call up1622

propound1634

edify1645

picture1668

create1679

fancify1748

depicture1775

vision1796

to conjure up1819

conjure1820

envisage1836

to dream up1837

visualize1863

envision1921

pre-visualize1969

1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria vii. 221 His blackest hypochondria had never envisioned quite so miserable a Catastrophe.

1925 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 800/1 Namitie..resigned himself apparently to envisioning her in the arms of the perfidious cousin.

1927 Observer 15 May 6 Karel Capek has..envisioned a world in which atomic energy, having been harnessed, first provides mankind with a new religion and then sets all the world at war.

1933 J. Baillie And Life Everlasting (1934) ii. 24 The indictment is..that the glories of heaven have always blinded the eyes of those that envisioned them to the more intimate glories of earth.

1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) iii. 40 And the more he envisioned this prospect, the more he was of two minds about it.

1963 Economist 31 Aug. 744/2 The Negro firebrands, who..envisioned the march as an excuse for swarming into the very offices of Congressmen.

Derivatives

enˈvisioning n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] > act of imagining

imagination1340

conceptiona1387

imaginingc1430

suppositiona1529

conceiving1559

picturing1562

conceiting1563

fancy1581

forgery1582

surmise1592

imagery1595

imaging1648

ideation1818

envisagement1877

visualizing1880

envisaging1883

visualization1883

envisioning1938

projecting1960

1938 Observer 18 Dec. 11/2 Mr. Houghton..is addicted to words like ‘envisioning’ which are not to be found in Webster or in the New English Dictionary.

1953 S. Spender Creative Elem. iii. 67 The development of modern literature today away from such highly individualistic envisionings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	envision
释义	envisionv. /ɛnˈvɪʒən/ Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + vision n. transitive. To see or foresee as in a vision; to envisage; to visualize. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)] seeOE thinkOE bethinkc1175 devise1340 portraya1375 imagec1390 dreama1393 supposea1393 imaginea1398 conceive?a1425 fantasyc1430 purposea1513 to frame to oneselfa1529 'magine1530 imaginate1541 fancy1551 surmit?1577 surmise1586 conceit?1589 propose1594 ideate1610 project1612 figurea1616 forma1616 to call up1622 propound1634 edify1645 picture1668 create1679 fancify1748 depicture1775 vision1796 to conjure up1819 conjure1820 envisage1836 to dream up1837 visualize1863 envision1921 pre-visualize1969 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria vii. 221 His blackest hypochondria had never envisioned quite so miserable a Catastrophe. 1925 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 800/1 Namitie..resigned himself apparently to envisioning her in the arms of the perfidious cousin. 1927 Observer 15 May 6 Karel Capek has..envisioned a world in which atomic energy, having been harnessed, first provides mankind with a new religion and then sets all the world at war. 1933 J. Baillie And Life Everlasting (1934) ii. 24 The indictment is..that the glories of heaven have always blinded the eyes of those that envisioned them to the more intimate glories of earth. 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) iii. 40 And the more he envisioned this prospect, the more he was of two minds about it. 1963 Economist 31 Aug. 744/2 The Negro firebrands, who..envisioned the march as an excuse for swarming into the very offices of Congressmen. Derivatives enˈvisioning n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] > act of imagining imagination1340 conceptiona1387 imaginingc1430 suppositiona1529 conceiving1559 picturing1562 conceiting1563 fancy1581 forgery1582 surmise1592 imagery1595 imaging1648 ideation1818 envisagement1877 visualizing1880 envisaging1883 visualization1883 envisioning1938 projecting1960 1938 Observer 18 Dec. 11/2 Mr. Houghton..is addicted to words like ‘envisioning’ which are not to be found in Webster or in the New English Dictionary. 1953 S. Spender Creative Elem. iii. 67 The development of modern literature today away from such highly individualistic envisionings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1921
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