phantasie

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A form of fantasy — That which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.

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nounphantasie (plural phantasies)

plural phantasies

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of fantasy.

    Is not this ſomthing more then phantaſie?

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
verbphantasie (third-person singular simple present phantasies, present participle phantasying, simple past and past participle phantasied)

present singular third person phantasies · participle present phantasying · participle past phantasied · past phantasied

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of fantasy.

    Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient.

    1569, Richard Grafton, “Richarde the Thirde”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 816

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