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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
reverie \rev"erie\, revery \rev"ery\, n.; pl. reveries. f.
r'everie, fr. r^ever to dream, rave, be light-headed. cf.
rave.
1. a loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing
or mediation; deep musing; daydream. "rapt in nameless
reveries." --tennyson.
1913 webster
when ideas float in our mind without any reflection
or regard of the understanding, it is that which the
french call revery, our language has scarce a name
for it. --locke.
1913 webster
2. an extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. r.
1913 webster
there are infinite reveries and numberless
extravagancies pass through both wise and foolish
minds. --addison.
1913 webster
see also:
reveries rave
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
revery \rev"ery\, n.
same as reverie.
1913 webster
see also:
reverie
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
revery
n 1: an abstracted state of absorption syn: reverie
2: absent-minded dreaming while awake syn: reverie, daydream,
daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the
air, castle in spain
see also:
reverie daydream daydreaming oneirism air castle castle in the air
castle in spain
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