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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-maj-in
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmædʒ ɪn



Définition of imagined

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "to form a mental image of," from Old French imaginer "sculpt, carve, paint; decorate, embellish" (13c.), from Latin imaginari "to form a mental picture to oneself, imagine" (also, in Late Latin imaginare "to form an image of, represent"), from imago (see image). Sense of "suppose" is first recorded late 14c. Related: Imagined; imagining.
  • adj not real
Example sentences :
  • As our horses would not drink it, it can be imagined how salt it was.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • A new Dick appeared to him, a personality stronger, deeper than he could have imagined.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • But what would be the effect of the other discovery we have imagined?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • With such teaching he must, he imagined, soon become her worthy equal.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • How could I have imagined that a young noble would be grateful, or a wanton true?
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • I must have imagined the pause, the inflection; but he has me under surveillance.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • It was imagined that it was necessary to expel it by means of heat or steam.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • They meant all I intended them to and they must have meant something I never could have imagined.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It was quite like being received by a sovereign, Decatur imagined.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • He found them much less exhilarating then he had imagined they would be.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

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