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Webster 1913 Edition
Revery
{
Rev′er-ie
,Rev′er-y
, }Noun.
pl.
Reveries
(#)
. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Revery
REV'ERY
, n.1.
Properly, a raving or delirium; but its sense, as generally used, is a loose or irregular train of thoughts, occurring in musing or meditation; wild, extravagant conceit of the fancy or imagination. There are reveries and extravagancies which pass through the minds of wise men as well as fools.2.
A chimera; a vision.