Definition of Fantasise

1. Verb. Indulge in fantasies. "He is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"

Exact synonyms: Fantasize, Fantasy
Generic synonyms: Conceive Of, Envisage, Ideate, Imagine
Derivative terms: Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy

2. Verb. Portray in the mind. "He is fantasizing the ideal wife"
Exact synonyms: Fantasize
Generic synonyms: Conceive Of, Envisage, Ideate, Imagine

Definition of Fantasise

1. Verb. (intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fantasise

1. [v -SISED, -SISING, -SISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fantasise

fantabulous
fantabulously
fantad
fantads
fantail
fantailed
fantails
fantan
fantard
fantards
fantasia
fantasias
fantasie
fantasied
fantasies
fantasise (current term)
fantasised
fantasiser
fantasisers
fantasises
fantasising
fantasist
fantasists
fantasize
fantasized
fantasizer
fantasizers
fantasizes
fantasizing
fantasm

Literary usage of Fantasise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... 1 ate be but fantasise, Save of your grace to shew pity and ruth. I hold him wise that worketh no folly, And whan him list can leave and part ..."

2. Lake District by Norman Buckley (2004)
"Writing books became less important to her - perhaps because she was now surrounded by live animals she felt less need to fantasise about them. ..."

3. Cyclopaedia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes: Comprising Interesting by Richard Miller Devens (1865)
"... the bristling fantasise of commercial satire, burlesque, <fec., which have been allowed a ..."

4. The Future of Privacy by Perri 6 (1998)
"While many people fantasise about winning the National Lottery, it seems very strained and forced to suggest that ..."

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