Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FANTASIED
FANTASY
fantasy, fantasize, fantasise
(verb) indulge in fantasies; “he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
fantasied (comparative more fantasied, superlative most fantasied)
Filled with imaginations or fancies.
Verb
fantasied
simple past tense and past participle of fantasy
Source: Wiktionary
Fan"ta*sied, a. Etym: [From Fantasy.]
Definition: Filled with fancies or imaginations. [Obs.] Shak.
FANTASY
Fan"ta*sy, n.; pl. Fantasies. Etym: [See Fancy.]
1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor. Is not this something more than fantasy Shak. A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory. Milton.
2. Fantastic designs. Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread. Hawthorne.
Fan"ta*sy, v. t.
Definition: To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish. Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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