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  • 21fancy — n., adj., & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 an individual taste or inclination (take a fancy to). 2 a caprice or whim. 3 a thing favoured, e.g. a horse to win a race. 4 an arbitrary supposition. 5 a the faculty of using imagination or of inventing imagery. b a …

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  • 22take — takable, takeable, adj. taker, n. /tayk/, v., took, taken, taking, n. v.t. 1. to get into one s hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write. 2. to hold, grasp, or grip: to take a book …

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  • 23Take Care — For song by Funker Vogt, see Take Care (Funker Vogt song). Take Care …

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  • 24fancy — /ˈfænsi / (say fansee) noun (plural fancies) 1. imagination, especially as exercised in a capricious or desultory manner. 2. the faculty of creating illustrative or decorative imagery, as in poetical or literary composition, sometimes seen as… …

  • 25fancy — I [[t]fæ̱nsi[/t]] WANTING, LIKING, OR THINKING ♦♦♦ fancies, fancying, fancied (Please look at category 12 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) VERB If you fancy something, you want to have it or to do… …

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  • 26take — v 1. acquire, secure, get, obtain, gain, procure, come by, Sl. cop; catch, seize, capture; hold, grasp, grip, clasp, embrace; garner, harvest, gather, glean; reach, attain, achieve, win; receive, accept, react or respond to; have, possess,… …

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  • 27Fancy (ship) — Infobox Pirate Ship name = Fancy serviceyears = 1695 1696 motto = caption = A contemporary image of the Fancy (shown in background) attacking Every s prey nickname = manufacture = (Attributed) allegience = Pirate owner = Henry Avery captains =… …

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  • 28fancy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. imagination; idea, caprice, whim; preference, desire; reverie, daydream. v. t. imagine; believe, suppose, assume; like, desire, take to. See belief, supposition. adj. ornate, showy; superior,… …

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  • 29take — Synonyms and related words: OD, abduct, abide, absorb, abstract, accede, accede to, accept, accommodate, accompany, account as, accroach, acknowledge, acquire, act, admit, adopt, advocate, affect, agree to, allow for, allure, and, annex,… …

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  • 30fancy — I. n. 1. Imagination (properly, as exercised in sportive or whimsical moods), which see. 2. Pleasing conceit, happy conception, striking thought, ideal image, bright stroke. 3. Notion, idea, thought, conception, conceit, impression, apprehension …

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