Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fancied \Fan"cied\, a. [From {Fancy}, v. t.]
Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied
wrong.
Fancy \Fan"cy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fancied}, p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fancying}.]
1. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something
without proof.
If our search has reached no farther than simile and
metaphor, we rather fancy than know. --Locke.
2. To love. [Obs.] --Shak.
Source : WordNet®
fancied
adj : formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse
for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional
character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
[syn: {fabricated}, {fictional}, {fictitious}, {invented},
{made-up}]
fancy
n 1: something many people believe that is false; "they have the
illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: {illusion}, {fantasy},
{phantasy}]
2: fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and
superficial than imagination
3: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for
whiskey" [syn: {fondness}, {partiality}]
[also: {fancied}, {fanciest}, {fancier}]
fancy
v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on
horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a
risk in this strategy" [syn: {visualize}, {visualise}, {envision},
{project}, {see}, {figure}, {picture}, {image}]
2: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She
fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's
window" [syn: {go for}, {take to}]
[also: {fancied}, {fanciest}, {fancier}]
fancy
adj : not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting";
"fancy clothes" [ant: {plain}]
[also: {fancied}, {fanciest}, {fancier}]
fancied
See {fancy}