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fantasize
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fan·ta·size  (fnt-sz)
v. fan·ta·sized, fan·ta·siz·ing, fan·ta·siz·es
v.tr.
To portray in the mind; imagine.
v.intr.
To indulge in fantasies.
fantasize or -sise
Verb
[-sizing, -sized] or -sising, -sised to imagine pleasant but unlikely events
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Verb1.fantasizefantasize - indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"
fantasise, fantasy
conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
2.fantasizefantasize - portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife"
fantasise
conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
fantasize or fantasise
verb daydream, imagine, invent, romance, envision, hallucinate, see visions, live in a dream world, build castles in the air, give free rein to the imagination
Translations
fantasize [ˈfæntəsaɪz] vi → fantasear, hacerse ilusiones
fantasize [ˈfæntəsaɪz] vi → fantasmer
fantasize [ˈfæntəsaɪz] vi → fantasieren
fantasize [ˈfæntəsaɪz] vi → fantasticare, sognare
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Some postdate Tolkien's book--Tolkien and Tolkienesque, for example, which have been used to describe his work and that of other modern fantasists, and which convey a pretty precise meaning for those who've read and enjoyed even The Hobbit.
The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary by Kaveny, Philip / MBR Bookwatch
Peretz is deeply involved with the neocon fantasists who came up with the war in Iraq.
The anti-anti-war campaign by Conniff, Ruth / The Progressive
Setting Don Rodriguez in "the later years of the Golden Age of Spain" (vii), Dunsany transports the reader back to the Spain of one of the greatest fantasists in the Western tradition, Don Quixote.
Lord Dunsany and the Great War: Don Rodriguez and the rebirth of ... by Carlson, David J. / Mythlore
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