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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, fantasise [ˈfæntəˌsaɪz]
vb
1. (when tr, takes a clause as object) to conceive extravagant or whimsical ideas, images, etc.
2. (intr) to conceive pleasant or satisfying mental images
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.fantasizefantasize - indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"
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"
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
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 I fantasized about writing music.
Translations
fantasize [ˈfæntəsaɪz] VIfantasear, hacerse ilusiones
fantasize [ˈfæntəsaɪz] fantasise (British)
vifantasmer, rêver
to fantasize about sth → rêver de qch
to fantasize about doing sth → rêver de faire qch
to fantasize about sb → fantasmer sur qn
vt
to fantasize (that) ... → se plaire à imaginer que ...
fantasize
vifantasieren, phantasieren; (= dream)Fantasie- or Phantasievorstellungen haben (about von)
fantasize [ˈfæntəˌsaɪz] vifantasticare, sognare
fantasize [ˈfæntəˌsaɪz] vifantasticare, 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.
Peretz is deeply involved with the neocon fantasists who came up with the war in Iraq.
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.
 
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