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I br'iled some chops for the children right alongside of an old maid who had come all the way up from New Orleans to study music--imagine, at her age!

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  1. transitive verb To form a mental picture or image of.
  2. transitive verb To think; conjecture: I imagine you're right.
  3. transitive verb To have a notion of or about without adequate foundation; fancy: She imagines herself to be a true artist.
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  1. Middle English imaginen, from Old French imaginer, from Latin imāginārī, from imāgō, imāgin-, image; see aim- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English imaginen, imagenen, from Old French ymaginer, imaginer, French imaginer = Provencal imaginar, ymaginar, emaginar = Spanish Portuguese imaginar = Italian immaginare, from Latin imaginari, picture to oneself, fancy, imagine, from imago (imagin-), a copy, likeness, image: see image.
 

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