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revery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun revery has 2 senses
- revery(n = noun.cognition) reverie - an abstracted state of absorption; Array is a kind of abstractedness, abstraction
- revery(n = noun.cognition) air castle, castle in spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie - absentminded dreaming while awake; Array is a kind of dream, dreaming
has particulars: dream, brown study
CIDE DICTIONARY
revery, n. [F. réverie, fr. rêver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. Rave.].
- A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. 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." [1913 Webster]
- An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [1913 Webster]"There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]." [1913 Webster]
revery, n.
Same as Reverie. [1913 Webster]
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