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

They envisioned warriors lost in battle, and women who died in childbirth, as honored spirits, circling the sun like hummingbirds.

New Orleans’ Carnivalesque Day of the Dead |Jason Berry |November 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was just what Berners-Lee had envisioned, a Web that was read-write rather than read-only.

You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story |Walter Isaacson |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Originally I envisioned “Mr. Tall” as a novel, and originally I envisioned “Jack and the Mad Dog” as a novel.

Tony Earley's Imaginary Friends |Mindy Farabee |September 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The realities on the ground in Brazil, however, are far different from how its ringmasters had envisioned.

Brazil’s World Cup Is An Expensive, Exploitative Nightmare |Vac Verikaitis |May 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But Tocqueville envisioned the painful trajectory of this new form of culture.

Why Kids Are Making Us Crazy |James Poulos |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As vividly as the living truth, Jerry Markham envisioned himself sauntering down the sidewalk.

Instinct |George Oliver Smith
He envisioned hundreds upon thousands of square miles of maize, corn as the Americans called it.

Expediter |Dallas McCord Reynolds
So she might not wait but there were others; he'd envisioned himself fighting them off with a club after his successful return.

Instinct |George Oliver Smith
This was envisioned as a place of refuge in the event that enemy attack would force an evacuation of Jamestown.

The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 |Charles E. Hatch
At least the possibilities of stun-guns were envisioned in their childish games.

The Pirates of Ersatz |Murray Leinster

envision

/ (ɪnˈvɪʒən) /

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