Fancy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Extravagant; above real value.

II. Fancy ·vi To Love.

III. Fancy ·noun A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.

IV. Fancy ·adj Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.

V. Fancy ·vi To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.

VI. Fancy ·noun An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.

VII. Fancy ·noun That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.

VIII. Fancy ·vt To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).

IX. Fancy ·vt To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to Imagine.

X. Fancy ·noun An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.

XI. Fancy ·noun Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.

XII. Fancy ·vt To have a fancy for; to Like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.

XIII. Fancy ·noun The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.

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