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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, verb (used without an object)
1. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
2. To think; to suppose.
My sister is not so defenseless left As you imagine. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Imagine \Im*ag"ine\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Imagined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imagining}.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See {Image}.]
1. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak.
2. To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See {Compass}, verb (used with an object), 5.
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? --Ps. lxii. 3.
3. To represent to one's self; to think; to believe. --Shak.
Syn: To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe; suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
imagine
verb
1: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" [syn: {conceive of}, {ideate}, {envisage}]
2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: {think}, {opine}, {suppose}, {reckon}, {guess}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "imagine": account as, assume, be afraid, believe, coin, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, conclude, concoct, conjecture, consider, contemplate, cook up, create, daresay, deduce, deem, devise, divine, dream, dream up, envisage, envision, esteem, estimate, expect, experience imaginatively, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, feature, feel, fictionalize, gather, grant, guess, hatch, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hold, hold as, ideate, image, infer, invent, judge, let, let be, look upon, look upon as, maintain, mold, opine, originate, picture, ponder, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, produce, provisionally accept, realize, reckon, regard, repute, say, see, set down as, shape, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, think, think of, think up, trow, understand, view, view as, vision, visualize, ween
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