envision

[ en-vizh-uh n ]

/ ɛnˈvɪʒ ən /

to picture mentally, especially some future event or events: to envision a bright future.

Origin of envision

First recorded in 1920–25; en-¹ + vision

Did you envision your Pryor biography as extending your previous investigation—aesthetically and historically?

How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America |David Yaffe, Scott Saul |December 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Urban economists, particularly those on the self-satisfied coasts, tend to envision utter hopelessness for the region.

The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead |Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen |December 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They envision a group of stealth killers each with a seek-and-destroy mission killing cancer “naturally.”

Are Viruses the Next Cure for Cancer? |Kent Sepkowitz |May 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That is my faith, even if the pain of the present moment is too excruciating to envision what it might be.

A Bishop’s Decision to Divorce |Gene Robinson |May 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But even standing within spitting distance of The Pearl was close enough for me to envision better days ahead.

‘When the Garden Was Eden’: Why New York City Needs the Knicks Now More Than Ever |Robert Silverman |April 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A trained man could envision a drug that would serve any desired purpose.

The Saracen: The Holy War |Robert Shea
It was not easy to envision, but he found it impossible to imagine sinking back to his former state.

The Forgotten Planet |Murray Leinster
Ken found it hard to envision the Earth stirring with this much life after the destruction that had passed over it.

The Year When Stardust Fell |Raymond F. Jones
It was powered, equipped, and armed to meet any emergency which Gharlane's tremendous mind had been able to envision.

Triplanetary |Edward Elmer Smith
They could envision the meeting of those problems, and they could envision the obtaining of jungle-plows.

The Pirates of Ersatz |Murray Leinster

envision

/ (ɪnˈvɪʒən) /

(tr) to conceive of as a possibility, esp in the future; foresee