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fantasize

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Etymology

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Fromfantasy +‎-ize.[1][2]

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fantasize (third-person singular simple presentfantasizes,present participlefantasizing,simple past and past participlefantasized)(American spelling, OxfordBritish English)

  1. (intransitive) To indulge infantasy; toimagine things only possible in fantasy.
    Ifantasized about my ideal date.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) Toportray in themind, using fantasy.
    • 1984 August 11, Janice Irvine, “Secrets of Fear, Shame, and Love”, inGay Community News, volume12, number 5, page 9:
      Not that Mom and I didn't have our "shared experiences" — it's just that I'd like to forget most of them. I'd ratherfantasize us together in that little cafe.
    • 1995 March 22, “Seinfeld with Madonna? 'Cosmo' reveals sex fantasies”, inThe Arizona Republic:
      Actress Dana Delanyfantasizes about making love with two men.

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Translations

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to indulge in fantasy
to portray in the mind

References

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  1. ^“fantasize,v.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^“fantasize”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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