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Reveries

Reverie \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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reveries

n. 1 (plural of reverie English) 2 (plural of revery English)