imagine

Etymology

From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

verb

1. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
   Try to imagine a pink elephant.
   Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. 2013-06-14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18
2. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind.
   She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
3. (transitive) to assume
   I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
4. (transitive) to conjecture or guess
   I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
   The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%
5. (transitive) to use one's imagination
   Imagine that we were siblings.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
7. (transitive, Internet slang, rhetorical, sarcastic) Used to mock some idea.
   Imagine thinking that would work.

noun

1. (fandom slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.
   Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob." 2 March 2015, Laura Starling, “FFIC101: An Introduction to the Horrors of Fanfiction”, in Critic, University of Otago, page 21
   i personally like imagines and fanfics so i found a good amount of kylo ren x reader fics and started going through them. 2016 December, Jocelyn Chambers, “The Exclusion Of People Of Color In Fanfiction”, in Majesty, page 96
   If I get inspired immediately, I can bust out an imagine in 5-10 minutes. 2019, "thranduilsperkybutt", quoted in "Author Spotlight: thranduilsperkybutt", Lemon, February 2019, page 37