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Fancied
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- 1 Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined. not-comparable
"Near-synonyms: conceptual, fanciful, ideal, notional"
- 2 Organized, or (especially of attire) designed, to suit one's fancy or whim. not-comparable
"Man does vvith dangerous Curioſity / Theſe unfathom'd VVonders try: / VVith fancy'd Rules and Arbitrary Lavvs / Matter and Motion he reſtrains, / And ſtudy'd Lines and fictious Circles dravvs; […]"
- 3 Having a fancy (“inclination, liking, or love”) for; desired, favourite. not-comparable
"Now St. Paul, "not willing to make" these ministers "a public example," concealeth their persons, yet discovereth the fault; and, making bold with his brethren, Apollos and Cephas, applieth to them and himself what the Corinthians spake of their fancied preachers. "Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I am of Apollos; and I am of Cephas; and I am of Christ.""
- 4 Designed in an artistic manner. not-comparable, obsolete
"His seals are curiously fancied, and exquisitely well cut, and of great use to encourage young gentlemen to write a good hand."
- 1 formed or conceived by the imagination wordnet
- 1 simple past and past participle of fancy form-of, participle, past
Etymology
From fancy (“to have a fancy for, like; to imagine, suppose”) + -ed.
From fancy (“to have a fancy for, like; to imagine, suppose”) + -ed.
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