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Reverie

Reverie Meaning & Definition
Reverie Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reverie?

[n] an abstracted state of absorption
[n] absent-minded dreaming while awake

Synonyms | Synonyms for Reverie: air castle | castle in Spain | castle in the air | daydream | daydreaming | oneirism | revery

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See Also | abstractedness | abstraction | brown study | dream | dreaming

Reverie In Webster's Dictionary

\Rev"er*ie\, Revery \Rev"er*y\, n.; pl. {Reveries}. [F. r['e]verie, fr. r[^e]ver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. {Rave}.] 1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. ``Rapt in nameless reveries.'' --Tennyson. 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. --Locke. 2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.] There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. --Addison.

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