Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fancy
Participle: fancied
Gerund: fancying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fancy |
| you | fancy |
| he;she;it | fancies |
| we | fancy |
| you | fancy |
| they | fancy |
Perfect
| I | have fancied |
| you | have fancied |
| he;she;it | has fancied |
| we | have fancied |
| you | have fancied |
| they | have fancied |
Past
| I | fancied |
| you | fancied |
| he;she;it | fancied |
| we | fancied |
| you | fancied |
| they | fancied |
Pluperfect
| I | had fancied |
| you | had fancied |
| he;she;it | had fancied |
| we | had fancied |
| you | had fancied |
| they | had fancied |
Future
| I | will fancy |
| you | will fancy |
| he;she;it | will fancy |
| we | will fancy |
| you | will fancy |
| they | will fancy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fancied |
| you | will have fancied |
| he;she;it | will have fancied |
| we | will have fancied |
| you | will have fancied |
| they | will have fancied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fancy |
| you | fancy |
| he;she;it | fancy |
| we | fancy |
| you | fancy |
| they | fancy |
Perfect
| I | have fancied |
| you | have fancied |
| he;she;it | have fancied |
| we | have fancied |
| you | have fancied |
| they | have fancied |
Imperfect
| I | fancied |
| you | fancied |
| he;she;it | fancied |
| we | fancied |
| you | fancied |
| they | fancied |
Pluperfect
| I | had fancied |
| you | had fancied |
| he;she;it | had fancied |
| we | had fancied |
| you | had fancied |
| they | had fancied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fancy |
| you | would fancy |
| he;she;it | would fancy |
| we | would fancy |
| you | would fancy |
| they | would fancy |
Perfect
| I | would have fancied |
| you | would have fancied |
| he;she;it | would have fancied |
| we | would have fancied |
| you | would have fancied |
| they | would have fancied |
Imperative
| you | fancy |
| we | Let's fancy |
| you | fancy |
Verbs conjugated like 'fancy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fancy'
bandy,
candy,
dance,
face,
fack,
fan,
fanboy,
fancify,
fand,
fang,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1465, contraction of
fantasy, it took the older and longer word's sense of "inclination, whim, desire." The v. meaning "take a liking to" (1545) is a contraction of
fantasien "to fantasize (about)." The adj. is mid-18c.
2. From Middle English fancien, fantasien, fantesien, from Old French fantasier, from the noun (see above)).
Verbs referencing "fancy"
Ido fantaziar, Cornish
fanja.
Sample Sentences
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[...] directly, will take everything before it. I 've raked, and scraped, and borrowed, and all but begged,—and the price of these two was needed to make up the balance, and I had to give them up. Haley fancied the child; he agreed to settle the matter that way, and no other. I was in his power, and _had_ to do it. If you feel so to have them sold, would it be any better to have _all_ sold ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] air of his physiognomy. In the head and face every organ and lineament expressive of brutal and unhesitating violence was in a state of the highest possible development. Indeed, could our readers fancy a bull-dog come unto man's estate, and walking about in a hat and coat, they would have no unapt idea of the general style and effect of his physique. He was accompanied by a travelling companion, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Yes, George, ” said the young man. ~~~ “ I couldn't have thought it ! ” ~~~ “ I am pretty well disguised, I fancy, ” said the young man, with a smile. “ A little walnut bark has made my yellow skin a genteel brown, and I 've dyed my hair black; so you see I don't answer to the advertisement at all. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ That _is_ a bad thing, certainly, ” said the other lady, holding up a baby's dress she had just completed, and looking intently on its trimmings; “ but then, I fancy, it don't occur often. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] after us, come buzzing down alone, like a great insect, its back of green and gold so shining in the sun, that if it had spread a pair of wings and soared away, no one would have had occasion, as I fancied, for the least surprise. But it stopped short of us in a very business-like manner when we reached the canal: and, before we left the wharf, went panting up this hill again, with the passengers who [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] small dishes and plates upon the table, with very little in them; so that although there is every appearance of a mighty ‘spread, ’ there is seldom really more than a joint: except for those who fancy slices of beet-root, shreds of dried beef, complicated entanglements of yellow pickle; maize, Indian corn, apple-sauce, and pumpkin.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Some people fancy all these little dainties together (and sweet preserves beside ), by way of relish to their roast pig. They are generally those dyspeptic ladies and gentlemen who eat unheard-of quantities of hot [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] whenever she needed the escort of a servant, in her walks or rides; and Tom had general orders to let everything else go, and attend to Miss Eva whenever she wanted him,—orders which our readers may fancy were far from disagreeable to him. He was kept well dressed, for St. Clare was fastidiously particular on this point. His stable services were merely a sinecure, and consisted simply in a daily care [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Never was born ! ” persisted Topsy, with another grin, that looked so goblin-like, that, if Miss Ophelia had been at all nervous, she might have fancied that she had got hold of some sooty gnome from the land of Diablerie; but Miss Ophelia was not nervous, but plain and business-like, and she said, with some sternness,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] admiration and wonder,—not excepting Miss Eva, who appeared to be fascinated by her wild diablerie, as a dove is sometimes charmed by a glittering serpent. Miss Ophelia was uneasy that Eva should fancy Topsy's society so much, and implored St. Clare to forbid it.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)