Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fancying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fancy \Fan"cy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fancied}, p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fancying}.]
1. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something
without proof.
If our search has reached no farther than simile and
metaphor, we rather fancy than know. --Locke.
2. To love. [Obs.] --Shak.
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