ˈvizhəˌlīz, -zh(ə)wəˌ- verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1. : to make visual or visible : picture ; especially : to see a mental image of (something not before the eye) : picture mentally : image , imagine
visualize a scene in all its concreteness — Herbert Read
visualized atomic scientists as bearded old men
2.
a. : to conceive definitely (as something abstract) : envisage
visualize a scheme
visualizing anatomy as a living subject
did not visualize a third alternative — E.H.Erikson
b. : foresee
had not visualized such an attack
3. : to make (an organ) visible by surgical or roentgenographic visualization
intransitive verb
1. : to form a visual mental image of something not present before the eye at the time
had the power of visualizing in minute detail
2. : to become visible — used especially of an internal bodily organ or condition
the worm visualized through a bronchoscope — E.C.Faust