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fantasize - 3 dictionary results

fan⋅ta⋅size

  [fan-tuh-sahyz] verb, -sized, -siz⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often fol. by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
–verb (used with object)
2. to create in one's fancy, daydreams, or the like; imagine: to fantasize a trip through space.
Also, phantasize.
Also, especially British, fan⋅ta⋅sise.

Origin:
1925–30; fantas(y) + -ize

Related forms:
fan⋅ta⋅siz⋅er, noun
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fan·ta·size   (fān'tə-sīz')   
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.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry: fan·ta·size
Variant: or British fan·ta·sise /'fant-&-"sIz/
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -sized or British -sised; -siz·ing or British -sis·ing
intransitive senses
: to indulge in fantasy : create or developimaginative and often fantastic views or ideas fantasized about in my sheltered childhood —Diane Arbus> fantasize transitive senses
: toportray in the mind by fantasy fantasize herself as very wealthy>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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