FANCY (2)

fancy (2). Fancy, v.t. to imagin, suppose, think, long for

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Fan″cy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fancied (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Fancying (�).] 1. 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. 2. To love. Shak.