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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reverie \Rev"er*ie\, Revery \Rev"er*y\, noun; 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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