fantasm

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fantasm - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phantasm \Phan"tasm\, n. [L. phantasma. See Phantom, and cf.
     Fantasm.] [Spelt also fantasm.]
     1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or
        material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an
        optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.
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              They be but phantasms or apparitions. --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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     2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a
        fancy; a notion. --Cudworth.
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              Figures or little features, of which the description
              had produced in you no phantasm or expectation.
                                                    --Jer. Taylor.
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  Fantasm \Fan"tasm\, n. [See Phantasm, Fancy.]
     Same as Phantasm.
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fantasm - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fantasm
      n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the
           apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition,
           phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter,
           spectre]
      2: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition
         at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm,
         phantasma, fantasm, shadow]