(a) To form a mental picture of something not present; form a mental picture of (sth., how sth. may be done), visualize, imagine, conceive; ~ of, imagine (sth.), conceive; (b) of the vertu imaginatif: to form an image in the imagination.

(a) To suppose mistakenly (that sth. is the case), fancy; imagine (sth. unreal, a fantasy); ~ of, fancy (oneself to be in a certain condition), conceive fancifully about (sth.); (b) to guess (sth., that sth. is the case), conjecture, deduce, believe; (c) to represent (sth. recognized as unreal), posit (sth.), assume.

(a) To plan (sth.), intend, plot; devise (a scheme); (b) to plan (to do sth.), intend, plot, contrive; (c) to make a plot, form a plan, plot (against sb.); (d) to pretend (a quarrel), feign; invent (lies), forge (a seal); ppl. imagined, untrue, feigned.

(a) To ponder, worry; ponder (sth., whether sth. can be done), consider; worry over (sth.); seek a way (that sth. may be done); ~ on, contemplate (sth.); (b) to discover (sth., a process); (c) to be farsighted, look into the future, think ahead.