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At the risk of seeming to fantasticate I confess that the Pope's having built the viaduct -- in this very recent antiquity -- made me linger there in a pensive posture and marvel at the march of history and at Pius the
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- transitive verb To make fantastic: "[his] splendidly baroque style adorns and fantasticates his thought” (New York Times).
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At the risk of seeming to fantasticate I confess that the Pope's having built the viaduct -- in this very recent antiquity -- made me linger there in a pensive posture and marvel at the march of history and at Pius the
— Italian Hours - “I don’t know anything about fantasticate,” and added under his breath something that sounded like: “I can copy anything.” Mr Lazenby said loudly: “You’re very sure of yourself, Mr Pollock, aren’t you?” and Caley Bard ejaculated: “Honestly, Pollock, how you dare!” There followed a brief silence. — Clutch of Constables—Ngaio Marsh—Roderick Allyn 25
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/ (făn-tăsˈtĭ-kātˌ)/
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