excommunicate(2) (iou) and imagination (oh)

excommunicate(2) (iou)

excommunicate verb trans. LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin excommunicat- pa. ppl stem of excommunicare, from EX-1 1 + Latin communis COMMON adjective, after communicare COMMUNICATE verb: see -ATE3.]
Sentence to exclusion from the Christian sacraments or from communication with the faithful; expel from a religious society or community.
excommunicative adjective = excommunicatory E19.
excommunicator noun a person who excommunicates M17.
excommunicatory adjective expressing excommunication; (of a person) disposed to excommunicate: E17.

imagination (oh)

[U and C] the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind
::You don't have to use your imagination when you're watching Television.
::Children often have very vivid imaginations .
:: There is a lack of imagination in the way the furniture is displayed.
::It does not take much imagination to understand the depth of their grief.
::These ancient objects must have fired his imagination .
:: With a little imagination , you can find great inexpensive Christmas gifts.
be (a figment of) sb's imagination
to be something that someone imagines, not something that really exists or happens
::Did you hear that noise, or was it my imagination?
::These people do exist; they're not figments of my imagination.
in sb's imagination
only existing or happening in someone's mind, not in real life
::For the refugees, Home exists only in their imagination.
capture/catch sb's imagination
to make people feel very interested and excited
::American Football really captured the imagination of the British public.
leave sth to sb's imagination
to deliberately not describe something because you think someone can guess or imagine it
::Mercifully, the writer leaves most of the physical horrors to our imagination.
leave little/nothing to the imagination
a) if someone's clothes leave little or nothing to the imagination, the clothes are very thin or are worn in a way that shows the person's body
::Her black satin dress left nothing to the imagination.
b) if something sexual or violent is described in a way that leaves nothing to the imagination, it is described in too much detail
use your imagination
spoken used to tell someone that they can easily guess the answer to a question, so you should not need to tell them
-see also not by any stretch of the imagination at stretch 2 (4)
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
use your imagination
vivid/fertile/creative imagination (=when you have many pictures and ideas in your mind)
overactive imagination (=when you imagine things that are very unlikely)
lack of imagination
something takes imagination
stretch somebody's/the imagination (=make someone imagine something very unlikely)
fire somebody's imagination (=make someone eager to use their imagination)
with a little imagination

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