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Definition: fantasm
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.
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They be but phantasms or apparitions. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a
fancy; a notion. --Cudworth.
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Figures or little features, of which the description
had produced in you no phantasm or expectation.
--Jer. Taylor.
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