Antonyms for fantasied


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fan-tuh-seed
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn tə sid


Definition of fantasied

Origin :
  • early 14c., "illusory appearance," from Old French fantaisie (14c.) "vision, imagination," from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantasia "appearance, image, perception, imagination," from phantazesthai "picture to oneself," from phantos "visible," from phainesthai "appear," in late Greek "to imagine, have visions," related to phaos, phos "light," phainein "to show, to bring to light" (see phantasm). Sense of "whimsical notion, illusion" is pre-1400, followed by that of "imagination," which is first attested 1530s. Sense of "day-dream based on desires" is from 1926.
  • As in imagine : verb dream up, conceive
Example sentences :
  • In this sort that fayre Wydow and young Princesse fantasied in the night vppon the discourse of hir appetites.
  • Extract from : « The Palace of Pleasure » by William Painter

Synonyms for fantasied

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