revery

3 definitions found

revery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reverie \Rev"er*ie\, Revery \Rev"er*y\, n.; pl. Reveries. [F.
     r['e]verie, fr. r[^e]ver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf.
     Rave.]
     1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing
        or mediation; deep musing; daydream. "Rapt in nameless
        reveries." --Tennyson.
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              When ideas float in our mind without any reflection
              or regard of the understanding, it is that which the
              French call revery, our language has scarce a name
              for it.                               --Locke.
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     2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.]
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              There are infinite reveries and numberless
              extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish
              minds].                               --Addison.
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  Revery \Rev"er*y\, n.
     Same as Reverie.
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revery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  revery
      n 1: an abstracted state of absorption [syn: reverie,
           revery]
      2: absentminded dreaming while awake [syn: reverie, revery,
         daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle   in the air
         , castle in Spain]