ymagynen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor; compare ymage.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editymagynen
- to imagine or depict; to formulate a mental image.
- to believe; to form a belief:
- to assume; to make an assumption.
- to believe wrongly or fancifully.
- to posit; to form a postulate.
- to scheme, plot, contrive.
- to falsify; to deceitfully make or act.
- to think about; to consider (a situation)
- (rare) to invent; to learn about.
Conjugation
editConjugation of ymagynen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
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editReferences
edit- “imāǧinen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.