visualize

visualize
visualizable, adj.visualization, n.visualizer, visualist, n.
/vizh"ooh euh luyz'/, v., visualized, visualizing.
v.i.
1. to recall or form mental images or pictures.
v.t.
2. to make visual or visible.
3. to form a mental image of.
4. to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.
Also, esp. Brit., visualise.
[1810-20; VISUAL + -IZE]

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