fancieth

Verb

fancy (third-person singular simple present fancies, present participle fancying, simple past and past participle fancied)

1. (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
   • I fancy your new car, but I like my old one just fine.
2. (UK) Would like; have a desire for.
   • I fancy a burger tonight for dinner.

   Synonyms:

   feel like

3. (UK, informal) To be sexually, aesthetically or romantically attracted to.
   • I fancy that girl over there.

   Synonyms:

   like

4. (dated) To imagine, suppose.
   • [dated] I fancy you'll want something to drink after your long journey.
5. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
   • he whom I fancy, but can ne'er express1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Seventh Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...

   Synonyms:

   imagine

6. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
   • We fancy not the cardinal.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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