verb

contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.

the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers

foresee,predict,forecast,foretell,anticipate,expect,think likely,envision,intend,propose,mean,imagine,contemplate,visualize,picture,see in one’s mind’s eye,conceive of,think of,understand,grasp,appreciate,apprehend,ideate