Fantasy: alternatives and connections

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

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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 imaginary land or abode of fairies.

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A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substanc…

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See Ignis fatuus.

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To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.

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The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind.

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The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

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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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To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.

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Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.

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The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

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Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.

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Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.

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Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.

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Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.

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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…

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An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

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See Fantasy, and Fancy.

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