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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnd/
- Hyphenation: imag‧ined
Adjective
imagined (not comparable)
- Conceived or envisioned in the mind.
Never return evil for evil that's either real or imagined.
- (rare) Only conceivable in one's mind.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 177:Bring them, I pray thee, with imagin'd ſpeed
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1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 77:Thus with imagin'd wing our ſwift Scene flyes,
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Derived terms
Translations
conceived or envisioned in the mind
Verb
imagined
- simple past and past participle of imagin
- simple past and past participle of imagine