fancied Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
    picture; visualize; envision; figure; visualise; image; fancy; project; see.
    • I can't see him on horseback!
    • I can see what will happen
    • I can see a risk in this strategy
  2. verb have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
    take to; go for; fancy.
    • She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
  3. adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
    fictitious; fabricated; fictional.
    • a fabricated excuse for his absence
    • a fancied wrong
    • a fictional character

WordNet


Fan"cied adjective
Etymology
From Fancy, v. t.
Definitions
  1. Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong.

Webster 1913