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Definition of Fantasise
1. Verb. Indulge in fantasies. "He is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"
Generic synonyms: Conceive Of, Envisage, Ideate, Imagine
Derivative terms: Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy
2. Verb. Portray in the mind. "He is fantasizing the ideal wife"
Definition of Fantasise
1. Verb. (intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fantasise
1. [v -SISED, -SISING, -SISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fantasise
Literary usage of Fantasise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... 1 ate be but fantasise, Save of your grace to shew pity and ruth. I hold him
wise that worketh no folly, And whan him list can leave and part ..."
2. Lake District by Norman Buckley (2004)
"Writing books became less important to her - perhaps because she was now surrounded
by live animals she felt less need to fantasise about them. ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes: Comprising Interesting by Richard Miller Devens (1865)
"... the bristling fantasise of commercial satire, burlesque, <fec., which have
been allowed a ..."
4. The Future of Privacy by Perri 6 (1998)
"While many people fantasise about winning the National Lottery, it seems very
strained and forced to suggest that ..."
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