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phantasm |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phantasm \Phan"tasm\, n. [L. phantasma. See {Phantom}, and cf {Fantasm}.] [Spelt also {fantasm}.] 1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream. They be but phantasms or apparitions. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion. --Cudworth. Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in you no phantasm or expectation. --Jer. Taylor.
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