imagine

 
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmadʒɪn/

verb

[with object]
  • 1form a mental image or concept of: she imagined him at his desk, his head in his hands [with clause]: I couldn’t imagine what she expected to tell them
  • believe (something unreal or untrue) to exist or be so: she was overtired and imagining things (as adjective imagined) they suffered from ill health, real or imagined, throughout their lives
  • 2 [with clause] suppose or assume: after Ned died, everyone imagined that Mabel would move away

Derivatives

imaginer

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginare 'form an image of, represent' and imaginari 'picture to oneself', both from imago, imagin- 'image'