See fantasticize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1983, Mohammad Khalifa, The sublime Qur'ān and orientalism, page xiv:",
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"text": "In performing this fantasticizing operation on language, embroiderers, like calligraphers, must keep in mind that their work is conducted in the liminal region between the sacred and profane.",
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