"fantasticize" meaning in All languages combined

See fantasticize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: fantasticizes [present, singular, third-person], fantasticizing [participle, present], fantasticized [participle, past], fantasticized [past]
Etymology: fantastic + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fantastic|ize}} fantastic + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} fantasticize (third-person singular simple present fantasticizes, present participle fantasticizing, simple past and past participle fantasticized)
  1. To make fantastic; to use the imagination to embellish.
    Sense id: en-fantasticize-en-verb-Dv8pRmD1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. Synonym of fantasize Synonyms: fantasize [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fantasticize-en-verb-1TebE-q- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fantasticise

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