v. [f. FANCY sb. + -FY.] trans. † a. To have a fancy for; to like (obs.). † b. To fancy, imagine (obs.). c. To imagine the existence of. d. To make fanciful.
1656. Earl Monm., Advt. fr. Parnass., 441. Censured the prime vertues that she most fancified in her Frenchmen (as madness, levity, heedlesness, and a hasty nature).
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), VI. 344. The good she ever delighted to do, and fancified she was born to do.
1890. The Saturday Review, LXIX. 8 March, 291/1. Much study of the ‘Ivory Gate’ had distorted and ‘fancified’ his own views on a good many points.
Hence Fancified ppl. a.
1845. Train, Hist. Isle of Man, II. 359, note. This fancified island has been bound to the bottom of the ocean.
