Verb (used with object) : to envision a bright future.    From Dictionary.com. 

The first step in envisioning a creature for me is to pretend to be that particular animal.    From Wordnik.com.  [2007 May 05 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference

Considering how miserable they are at 'envisioning', you'd think they'd give up an rely upon real market data.    From Wordnik.com.  [The hurled turgidity (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

City plans 'envisioning' session toward extending 10-year plan.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

… and what does your "envisioning," ie imagination, have to do with reality?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Look] Reference

That's the intent of the city's second "envisioning" meeting to be conducted Saturday.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Will be overseeing the second phase, the "envisioning" part of the process.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

I'm envisioning a one-legged man and a butt-kicking competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2009] Reference

 A re-envisioning of various conspiracies but not like Dan Brown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thinly Sliced Raw Fish] Reference

O'BRIEN: Linda, what kind of a sting separation was O.J. envisioning?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2007] Reference

They say that there are three scenarios that they are envisioning here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 23, 2008] Reference

Not even Rowling herself is capable of envisioning such a fantastic thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last-and Best—of Harry Potter] Reference

Could he be envisioning his "kingdom" ( "Reich") lasting for a thousand years?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alemayehu G. Mariam: Veni, Vidi, Orator, Fugio!] Reference

      "You're wrong," she said, envisioning her blade twisting in his gut.    From Wordnik.com.  [What You Never Thought You Wanted] Reference

Clearly, you're envisioning a very different kind of military than we have today.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2007] Reference

If it means that I'm envisioning her from the viewpoint of my gender, then, whatever.    From Wordnik.com.  [The several stages of grief] Reference

I'm envisioning a matador waving a red cape as those words slip innocently from the lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ann Brenoff: Cool Pads: Dodgers' Matt Kemp Buys in Carlyle] Reference

But if you're envisioning a big bridge that's going to create a lot of jobs, think again.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2009] Reference

Pleased and envisioning my entrée into their clever, perfectly ordered lives, I smiled, waved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dishes] Reference

Quite often, my clients begin the process of envisioning a new life by insisting that they need more money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.: 3 Steps to Creatively Transform Any Crisis, Loss or Change (VIDEO)] Reference

The Chinese are envisioning all manner of potential evils that might arise from a North Korean nuclear blast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nuke Jitters] Reference

This is a series, and when you envision a series, you're envisioning, basically, a several-thousand-page story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sun Valley Sheriff Finds Murder On The Mountain] Reference

What the president is envisioning, unless he changes his plan at this point, is the opposite, more combat troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2007] Reference

S. O'BRIEN: Ed, what's the cost of putting this plan as the White House is envisioning it at this point into place?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 3, 2006] Reference

He lifted his bent head, his eyes gazing straight ahead of him, as though envisioning the lonely future and defying it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hermit of Far End] Reference

And I kept envisioning this apartment building that I spent so much time in and I wasn't going to call it the Mayflower.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2002] Reference

We no longer know what a policy of cautious peace might look like, not having put a cent into envisioning such a project.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Engelhardt: Five Absurd Things That Simply Can't Happen in Wartime Washington] Reference

WHITFIELD: I mean, I'm almost envisioning -- you make breakfast, and hopefully you have the help from your family as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2008] Reference

He calls his software Serendipity, envisioning a world where strangers on a train with common interests would find each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [COMING TOGETHER] Reference

For example, try envisioning what it would look like to behave differently in some situation that's confusing or causing conflict.    From Wordnik.com.  [Douglas LaBier: Redirect Your Life Towards Sanity in Today's Turbulent World] Reference

Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

UTLEY: We started envisioning this as, perhaps, an immense vigil at that rate, so we started developing images similar to this one.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2002] Reference

Mentally she was envisioning the whole scene of the story which hesitatingly -- almost unwilling, it seemed -- Elisabeth had poured out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hermit of Far End] Reference

The deal makers who approached AIMCo were envisioning a consortium backed by capital from Chinese firms as well as Canadian pension funds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manager Rejected China Potash Offer] Reference

However, envisioning a stadium's role in a tournament eight or 12 years away -- if it's going to happen, don't bet on 2018 -- is pointless.    From Wordnik.com.  [Friday kickaround: Bob Bradley in Washington for World Cup bid, Brian McBride to retire, Branko Boskovic boosts Montenegro] Reference