envisage

tr.v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es.

1. To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future possibility: envisaged a world at peace.
2. To consider or regard in a certain way.

[French envisager : Old French en-, in; see en-¹ + Old French visage, face; see visage.]

verb

To form mental images of: conceive, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, see, think, vision, visualize. Informal feature. See thoughts.

IN BRIEF: To visualize.

The speaker tried to encourage the audience to envisage a softly gurgling brook as a way to begin the relaxation technique.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
  Synonyms: imagine, conceive of, ideate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forestille sig, forudse, se hen til, stå over for

Nederlands (Dutch)
zien als, voor zich zien, overwegen, onder ogen zien

Français (French)
v. tr. - prévoir, envisager

Deutsch (German)
v. - vorstellen, beabsichtigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - οραματίζομαι, φαντάζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
considerare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - imaginar, conjeturar

Русский (Russian)
предусматривать, намечать, предвидеть, представлять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - prever, anticipar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - föreställa sig, betrakta, förutse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
想像, 设想, 正视, 面对

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 想像, 設想, 正視, 面對

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 관찰하다, 직면하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 見る, 心に描く, 予見する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتخيل, يتصور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צפה, חזה, ראה‬

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