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imaginant

/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnənt/

imaginant adjective: imagining; conceiving, or imaginative.

Adjective

imaginant (comparative more imaginant, superlative most imaginant)

  1. (obsolete) imagining; conceiving, or imaginative
    • the force of Imagination is , either upon the Body Imaginant , or upon another Body1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Noun

imaginant (plural imaginants)

  1. (obsolete) An imaginer.
    • and the same kind of strings being moved , and much what after the same manner as in the first Imaginant ; the Soul is awaken'd to the same apprehensions , as were they that caus'd them1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Forms of imaginant

Adjective
comparativemore imaginant
superlativemost imaginant
Noun
pluralimaginants

Origin of imaginant

From Latin imaginans, present participle of imaginari: compare French imaginant.

Questions about imaginant

What does imaginant mean?
Imaginant means imagining; conceiving, or imaginative.
What part of speech is imaginant?
Imaginant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce imaginant?
Imaginant is pronounced /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnənt/.

Words near imaginant in the dictionary

  1. imaginably
  2. imaginal
  3. imaginal disc
  4. imaginal discs
  5. imaginally
  6. imaginant
  7. imaginants
  8. imaginaria
  9. imaginaries
  10. imaginarily
  11. imaginariness

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