Main Entry:

¹fan·cy

Pronunciation:

\ˈfan(t)-sē\

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

fan·cied; fan·cy·ing

Date:

14th century

1: to have a fancy for : like2: to form a conception of : imagine <fancy our embarrassment>3 a: to believe mistakenly or without evidence b: to believe without being certain <she fancied she had met him before>4: to visualize or interpret as <fancied myself a child again>

synonyms see think