Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.

synonyms: fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize.

Roget 515: imagine, fancy, conceive; idealize, realize; dream, dream of, dream up; give to airy nothing a local habitation and a give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]. create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate; improvise, strike out something new.    set one's wits to work; strain one's invention, crack one's invention; rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains; excogitate^†; brainstorm.    give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy; indulge in reverie.    visualize, envision, conjure up a vision; fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself; vorstellen [G.].    float in the mind; suggest itself etc. (thought) 451.    ... show more

Picture to oneself; imagine possible:
— I cannot envision him as President.

synonym: foresee.