Literary notes about envision (AI summary)
The term "envision" in literature is often employed to depict a mental process of foreseeing or imagining possibilities that span personal, societal, and even fantastical realms. It may denote a projection of idealized futures or hypothetical scenarios, such as imagining an entirely different social order or a transformation of personal identity ([1], [2]). At times, it is used to highlight the creative act of constructing vivid internal images that drive narrative momentum, as when characters picture dramatic outcomes or reconfigure their past and future ([3], [4]). Additionally, it serves as a bridge between abstract thought and tangible plans, suggesting both a capacity for foresight in political and technical contexts as well as the deeply personal nature of human aspiration ([5], [6]).
- What sort of society did Sun Yat-sen envision?
— from The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - He began to envision himself as a national figure, possibly even an international one.
— from The Titan by Theodore Dreiser - Then he would fall into a reverie, trying to invent a creation that would be as magnificent as the destructions he could so easily envision.
— from Gladiator by Philip Wylie - Reggie was the owner of an extremely lurid imagination and now, warmed by the glow of alcohol, he began to envision all sorts of wild possibilities.
— from Death Makes a Mistake by William P. McGivern - (3) Our policy, dedicated to making the free world secure, will envision all peaceful methods and devices--except breaking faith with our friends.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents - By the fourteenth century the Turks began to envision the conquest of Bulgaria.
— from Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Eugene K. Keefe
