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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
imagine
 
SYLLABICATION:i·mag·ine
PRONUNCIATION:  -mjn
VERB:Inflected forms: i·mag·ined, i·mag·in·ing, i·mag·ines
TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To form a mental picture or image of. 2. To think; conjecture: I imagine you're right. 3. To have a notion of or about without adequate foundation; fancy: She imagines herself to be a true artist.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:1. To employ the imagination. 2. To make a guess; conjecture.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English imaginen, from Old French imaginer, from Latin imginr, from img, imgin-, image. See aim- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:i·magin·erNOUN
 
 
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