Main Entry:

fan·ta·size

Pronunciation:

\-ˌsīz\

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

fan·ta·sized; fan·ta·siz·ing

Date:

1926

intransitive verb : to indulge in reverie : create or develop imaginative and often fantastic views or ideas <doing things I'd fantasized about in my sheltered childhood — Diane Arbus> transitive verb : to portray in the mind : fancy <likes to fantasize herself as very wealthy>

— fan·ta·siz·er \-ˌsī-zər\ noun