Envisage \En*vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Envisaged} (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Envisaging}.] [F. envisager; pref. en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See {Visage}.] To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [R.] --Keats. From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. --McCosh.