FANTASYING

Verb

fantasying

present participle of fantasy

Source: Wiktionary


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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