fancy
adjective
ornamental; decorative; not plain.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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I am only afraid that he has been fancying he is to plough, and he’s not fit for it.”
From Shenac's Work at Home by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson