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English Dictionary: fantasy by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fantasy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fantasy
n
  1. imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
    Synonym(s): fantasy, phantasy
  2. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
    Synonym(s): fantasy, phantasy
  3. something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
    Synonym(s): illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy
v
  1. indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"
    Synonym(s): fantasy, fantasize, fantasise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fantasy \Fan"ta*sy\, n.; pl. {Fantasies}. [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fantasy \Fan"ta*sy\, v. t.
      To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.
      [Obs.] --Cavendish.
  
               Which he doth most fantasy.                     --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).
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