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Revery

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Rev´er`y
n.1.Same as Reverie.
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Noun1.revery - an abstracted state of absorption
reverie
abstractedness, abstraction - preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
dream - a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"
brown study - a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness
2.Reveryrevery - absentminded dreaming while awake
air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie
dreaming, dream - imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
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He kept them fixed incessantly on the gypsy, and, while the giddy young girl of sixteen danced and whirled, for the pleasure of all, his revery seemed to become more and more sombre.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
So still and subdued and yet somehow preluding was all the scene, and such an incantation of revery lurked in the air, that each silent sailor seemed resolved into his own invisible self.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Then falling into a moment's revery, he again looked up towards the sun and murmured to himself: Thou sea-mark
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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