Dreaming: alternatives and connections

A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

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A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.

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Alt. of Revery

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A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream.

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Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.

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The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

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The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental i…

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of Image

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The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

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A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

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A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

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The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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of Sleep

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The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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