imagines

Noun

imago (plural imagines or imagos or imagoes)

1. The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
   • ‘But still,’ he said to himself, drawing the metamorphoses of a red admiral, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and imago on his pad, ‘what shall I say to him when we meet?’1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
2. An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes.

Verb

imagine (third-person singular simple present imagines, present participle imagining, simple past and past participle imagined)

1. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
   • Try to imagine a pink elephant.

   Synonyms:

   project, see, fancy

2. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
   • She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.

   Synonyms:

   fancy

3. (transitive) To assume; to suppose.
   • I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
4. (transitive) To conjecture; to guess.
   • I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
5. (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
   • Imagine that we were siblings.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
   • How long wil ye imagine miſchiefe againſt a man?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 62:3, column 1

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