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fancify, v.|ˈfænsɪfaɪ|
[f. fancy n. + -fy.]
trans. †a. To have a fancy for; to like (obs.). †b. To fancy, imagine (obs.). c. To imagine the existence of. d. To make fanciful.
1656Earl of Monmouth Advt. fr. Parnass. 441 The prime vertues that she most fancified in her Frenchmen. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. 344 The good she ever delighted to do, and fancified she was born to do. 1890Sat. Rev. 8 Mar. 291/1 Much study of the ‘Ivory Gate’ had..‘fancified’ his own views.
Hence fancifiˈcation, ˈfancified ppl. a.
1845Train Hist. Isle of Man II. 359 note, This fancified island has been bound to the bottom of the ocean. 1937New Republic 24 Feb. 74 The constant elaboration, figures of speech, conceits, fancifications, involutions, not seldom characteristic of Elizabethan writing. 1960V. Packard Waste Makers (1961) xi. 124 The trend in color went right back to white, with some venturing into fancification with tracery effects. 1962Spectator 14 Dec. 941 Their elusive and often fragmented fancifications. |