envisage

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.

   From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self.

2. 2
   verb

   form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

Etymology

From French envisager, from en (“in”) + visage (“visage”); equivalent to en- + visage.