revery

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REV'ERY, noun 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.
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