fantasy
noun
imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
fantasying
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present participleof fantasy.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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I love the romanticism of Williamsburg, but perhaps we can revive the rugged American Dream without fantasying it into a never-never land impossible of realization.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even now there is fantasying here and there about seizing the Libyan oilfields or parachuting forces into Saudi Arabia, but no one really believes it could happen.
From Time Magazine Archive
In passion—even in mere fire of the brain—one grasps not so much at the pen as at the string; and in that state alone does musical fantasying succeed better than poetic.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
Not much more to him than speaking with a will; than fantasying on the flute in an animated strain.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 by Thomas Carlyle
