Verb (used with object), : He envisages an era of great scientific discoveries. From Dictionary.com.
Ndlovu said the committee would meet next week to map out details of what he described as the envisaged staggered mass action. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Issues were not speedily defined as envisaged in the plea procedure; delaying tactics, such as firing legal representatives, were still used. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
From this point onward, earth and water between them held no marvels like to those "M. de C." had "envisaged" -- if I translate him correctly. From Wordnik.com. [Traffics and Discoveries] Reference
If that wasn’t bad enough Lucas grew increasingly insistent that the 6 part Star Wars saga we now have is what he envisaged from the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Where Star Wars Went (and keeps going) Wrong | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News] Reference
Zairean government spokesman Kin-Kiey Mulumba said on Monday the Kinshasa authorities "envisaged" direct talks between Kabila and Mobutu. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"envisaged" the continuation of the Nambour hospital emergency department. From Wordnik.com. [sunshinecoastdaily.com.au: The Sunshine Coast Daily] Reference
A Democratic South Africa (Codesa) would never be able to reach consensus, making another forum such as envisaged by Cosag a necessity. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Winthrop envisaged a shining beacon, worthy of emulation. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Bacevich's "Washington Rules" and John Dower's "Cultures of War"] Reference
Chen envisaged "Factory 798" becoming like New York's SoHo. From Wordnik.com. [Right Brain] Reference
And I asked him if he envisaged a significant change in policy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009] Reference
The possibility of a world-unity first consciously envisaged in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Unity of Civilization] Reference
Following the attacks, they envisaged a tribute rising from the tragedy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2002] Reference
Kerry told the Times that he envisaged a time when terrorism was under control. From Wordnik.com. [Trail Mix: Between the Numbers] Reference
His illustrations map the spiritual drama he envisaged every person undergoing. From Wordnik.com. [William Blake's picture of God] Reference
Which sort of space this is, depends on the relationship in which they are envisaged. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
These two parts or aspects of life may be named and envisaged in a hundred different ways. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
They envisaged a federation of politically, culturally and religiously autonomous entities. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
I have yet to meet anybody who behaves in the cock-eyed way envisaged by rightwing thinktanks. From Wordnik.com. [Growth deniers and deficit deniers. Let the battle begin] Reference
Like Hitler, Rosenberg envisaged the extension of Nazi power far beyond the borders of Germany. From Wordnik.com. [Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado] Reference
Team news: Phew - those were a bit harder to track down than I had envisaged, but here they are. From Wordnik.com. [England Under-19 1-3 Spain Under-19 - as it happened] Reference
More flights – at present restricted to Los Angeles, New York and Miami – are also envisaged. From Wordnik.com. [US may relax Cuba travel restrictions] Reference
But his departure from HSBC, six months earlier than envisaged, is also an opportunity for the bank. From Wordnik.com. [HSBC's New Chairman Must Come From Outside] Reference
About as dire a scenario as can be envisaged right now, Larry, by the president of the United States. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2008] Reference
It's not what Dayton envisaged, but at least the West wouldn't be pretending that Bosnia is a democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Dictatorial Democrats] Reference
President Barack Obama's pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba center envisaged civilian trials for detainees. From Wordnik.com. [US Debates Terrorism Trials Nine Years After Attacks on New York and Washington] Reference
Under BP's plan, the worst case envisaged was a spill of 250,000 barrels a day 30miles off the shore of Louisiana. From Wordnik.com. [BP yet to update emergency plan three months after Deepwater Horizon spill] Reference
Some Slav politicians have even said they're willing to take the next step as envisaged in the framework agreement. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Quagmire?] Reference
However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
From the outset, the modernists 'envisaged community of free spirits risked materializing as an assemblage of narcissists. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: Modernism's Empty Empty Spaces] Reference
Aaron, having no pencil, traced with a greasy finger on the tile floor the outlines of the barn and farmhouse he envisaged. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference
Citing manpower shortages and the small volume of work he envisaged, Paul planned instead to divide such duties between his. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
Gold farmers, most of whom are ethnic Chinese, also shun much of the in-game social interaction that Blizzard's designers envisaged. From Wordnik.com. [Online: A Virtual Gold Rush] Reference
The punishment for ignoring a warning was unclear, but 15-day jail sentences are envisaged for "obstructing an FSB officer's duties". From Wordnik.com. [Russia to introduce 'draconian' Minority Report-style law] Reference
More important, it is not the engine for social and racial integration that he envisaged as he listened to the young work mates of City Year. From Wordnik.com. ['Ask Not'--'90S Style] Reference
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