"fantasise" meaning in All languages combined

See fantasise on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fantasise.wav [US] Forms: fantasises [present, singular, third-person], fantasising [participle, present], fantasised [participle, past], fantasised [past], fantasize [alternative, British, English, Oxford, US]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía)bor. Latin phantasia Old French fantasiebor. Middle English fantasie English fantasy English -ise English fantasise From fantasy + -ise. 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Head templates: {{en-verb}} fantasise (third-person singular simple present fantasises, present participle fantasising, simple past and past participle fantasised)
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fantasize. Tags: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: fantasize Derived forms: fantasiser

Inflected forms

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          "text": "“Yeah sex is cool, but have you ever fantasised about an infrastructure renewal program funded by the taxes of billionaires?” is a representative Numtot fantasy.",
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