† chimerizev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To indulge in chimeras, to foster wild and unfounded fancies.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > indulge in fancy [verb (intransitive)]
to feign to oneself1377
feign1557
chimerize1651
wanton1794
fantasticate1880
pipe-dream1910
fantasize1926
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 187 I found him chimerising within himself how he might make it possible [etc.].
Derivatives
ˈchimerizing adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective]
dreaminga1500
fantasied1590
chimerizing1604
vaporous1605
imaginative1626
whimsy1637
airy1643
whimmed1654
chimerical1660
figmentitious1660
notional1664
visionary1712
viewy1848
Barriesque1894
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) vi. 316 A certayne vayne and chimerizing discoursing, by which men build Castels in the Ayre.
1626 J. Florio et al. tr. T. Boccalini New-found Politicke iii. xvii. 226 Sophisticall Dreams, and Chymerizing Ideas.
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