envisage
verb
[ ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ ]
• contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
• "the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers"
Similar:
foresee,
predict,
forecast,
foretell,
anticipate,
expect,
think likely,
envision,
intend,
propose,
mean,
imagine,
contemplate,
visualize,
picture,
see in one's mind's eye,
conceive of,
think of,
understand,
grasp,
appreciate,
apprehend,
ideate,
Origin:
early 19th century: from French envisager, from en- ‘in’ + visage ‘face’.
