fantasies

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fantasies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fantasy \Fan"ta*sy\, n.; pl. Fantasies. [See Fancy.]
     1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful
        conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice;
        humor.
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              Is not this something more than fantasy ? --Shak.
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              A thousand fantasies
              Begin to throng into my memory.       --Milton.
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     2. Fantastic designs.
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              Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold
              thread.                               --Hawthorne.
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