Etimology
From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).
verb
imagine (third-person singular simple present imagines, present participle imagining, simple past and past participle imagined)
(transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
(transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind.
(transitive) to assume
(transitive) to conjecture or guess
(transitive) to use one's imagination
(transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
(transitive, Internet slang, rhetorical, sarcastic) Used to mock some idea.
Examples
Try to imagine a pink elephant.
Imagine all the people / Livin' life in peace
Or in the night, imagining ſome feare, / How eaſie is a buſh ſuppos’d a Beare?
Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%
Imagine that we were siblings.
How long wil ye imagine miſchiefe againſt a man?
Imagine thinking that would work.
Related words
synonyms
ween
related terms
image
imagery
imago
noun
imagine (plural imagines)
(fandom slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.
Examples
Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob."
i personally like imagines and fanfics so i found a good amount of kylo ren x reader fics and started going through them.
If I get inspired immediately, I can bust out an imagine in 5-10 minutes.