ə̇nˈvizij, en-, -zēj, chiefly in pres part -zəj transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: French envisager, from en- en- (I) + visage — more at visage
1. archaic : to meet squarely : confront , face
2.
a. : to conceive of : grasp mentally : view or regard in a particular way
envisaging man as simply the locus of a polytheism — Aldous Huxley
of all the points of view from which we may envisage their brilliant activity — G.L.Dickinson
in the beginning a science is quantitative …; only later does it envisage its problems mathematically — Edward Sapir
b. : to have a mental picture of in advance of realization : look forward to : have in view : contemplate , foresee
the plan envisaged lavish use of mechanical equipment of all kinds — M.A.Abrams
envisaged a single, centralized state embracing all the former colonies
men of the … mental stature to envisage and carry out so great a work — Yvonne Adamson
I envisage that in the event of a German collapse the need … to undertake this work will be all the more apparent — F.D.Roosevelt
Synonyms: see think