figurative. Mental or spiritual vision. With definite article, spec. = second sight, n. Chiefly Scottish.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] (55) sightc1175 figurative. Mental or spiritual vision. With definite article, spec. = second sight, n. Chiefly Scottish. thoughtc1175 Conception, imagination, fancy. imagination1340 The power or capacity to form internal images or ideas of objects and situations not actually present to the senses, including remembered objects… thinking1340 Imagination, imagining, fancy. Now rare. conceptiona1387 In general use: the action or faculty of imagining or conceiving something in the mind; the forming or creation of a mental image, idea, or concept… imaginativea1398 The faculty of imagination; a person's imagination. Obsolete. phantasm1490 Imagination, fancy. Obsolete. concept1536 A person's capacity or faculty for imagining things; imagination. Also: a fancied or imagined thing; a conceit. Obsolete. fetch1549 The action of fetching, bringing from a distance, or reaching after (literal and figurative); a long stretch, a far-reaching effort. Also to take a… conceit1556 A person's capacity or faculty for imagining things; imagination; fanciful thinking. Obsolete. conceiving1559 The action of conceiving something in the mind. Also: something conceived in the mind; a thought, belief, or opinion. fancy1581 In early use synonymous with imagination, n. (see fantasy, n. 4); the process, and the faculty, of forming mental representations of things not… notion1647 Imagination, fancy. Obsolete. fantastic1764 Power of fancy or imagination. Obs. ideality1815 Originally and chiefly in phrenology: the faculty of conceiving of the ideal, the capacity to form an idea of something perfect; the imaginative… ideoplasty1884 Imagination in its suggestive capacity, esp. as believed to modify certain physiological functions or processes. phantastikon1917 Imagination. Also: a product of the imagination. Subcategories:— forming clear image (1) — seat of (1) — indecent (1) — act of imagining (23) — one who imagines (11) — imaginative quality (1) |
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