fantasticatev.
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b. intr. To frame fantastic notions. rare.
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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
1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 66, Wee call the thinges..which are fantasticated and represented in the fantasie, Fancies.
1624 A. Darcie tr. Originall of Idolatries xii. 53 Brunus..fantasticates, that by the Maniple is inferred the Messalian Priests speciall care to driue away bad affections.
1880 ‘V. Lee’ Belcaro x. 282 Instead of enjoying, we fantasticate in theory.
c. trans. To render fantastic.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > make absurd [verb (transitive)]
stultify1809
clown1891
fantasticate1936
1936 P. Fleming News from Tartary 19 Half a dozen pierrettes and apaches..suitably fantasticated our unserious departure.
1962 Listener 5 July 4/1 We had a terrific opportunity in the nineteenth century to elaborate and fantasticate our social structure.
1966 Punch 16 Mar. 393/2 The novel..gives an amusing account, duly fantasticated, of his arrival in London.
Derivatives
fanˈtasticated adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adjective]
impertinenta1425
royeta1522
absurd1531
preposterous1533
ridiculous1533
deaf?1541
monstrous?1549
fabulous1561
fanatical1598
fantastical1600
laughable1600
fantasticc1616
nonsense1621
arsy-versy1628
absonous1642
nonsensical1645
ridicule?1669
fancical1671
grotesque1747
rich1836
saugrenu1876
laughsome1884
cockeyed1894
hilarious1925
Rube Goldberg1928
whimsy-whamsy1931
Rube Goldbergian1933
cockamamie1941
fantasticated1960
fanciful-
1960 Guardian 16 June 8/3 Highly fantasticated, and sustained with brilliantly executed tricks.
1964 W. Golding Spire vi. 124 The fantasticated, eight foot fall of the lights.
1971 Daily Tel. 15 Apr. 6/8 Mr West has a racy, impressionistic, fantasticated style that is most engaging.
fanˈtasticating n.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > indulgence in
imaginationa1393
dreaminga1400
fantasying1552
fantasy1553
fancy1581
think-so1666
ideology1813
fantasticating1880
fantastication-
1880 ‘V. Lee’ Belcaro vii. 179 His subtle and fantasticating style of art.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Jan. 3/1 This illimitable fantasticating in a vacuum.
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