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noun
Revery, Reverie  n.  (pl. reveries)  
1.
A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. "Rapt in nameless reveries." "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."
2.
An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. (R.) "There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both (wise and foolish minds)."


Revery  n.  Same as Reverie.





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"Revery" Quotes from Famous Books



... the sea, [Sipping wine. The long-drawn heaving of the ocean wave, The gentle cradling of a tropic tide; Its native golden sun—I fear you sleep? Or do the travels of the wine so rock Your soul that self is lost in revery? Why, man, dream not too much of placid bliss; Nor wine, nor man, can reach this clear perfection Until they pass the rack of thunder and Of hurricane.—'Tis on us now! Awake! [Shouting in Dimsdell's ear. My friend, awake! Dost ...
— The Scarlet Stigma - A Drama in Four Acts • James Edgar Smith
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... the walks immediately adjoining it. The gay dresses of the ladies, the joyous laughter heard everywhere, and the brilliant sunlight over all, conveyed even to Leonard the notion, not of mere hypocritical pleasure, but actual healthful happiness. He was attracted from his revery, and timidly mingled with the groups. But Richard Avenel, with the fair Mrs. M'Catchley—her complexion more vivid, and her eyes more dazzling, and her step more elastic than usual—had turned from the gayety just as Leonard had turned towards it, and was now on the very spot ...
— My Novel, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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... been expected of her resolute and impatient nature. She had trained herself to a sort of cheerful carelessness, to which she strictly adhered, watching every expression of her countenance, and avoiding carefully those hours of vague revery in ...
— Other People's Money • Emile Gaboriau
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... villanous-looking—" but she broke off the sentence and stood for a moment in revery. We were in the darkened passage, and Dorothy had taken my hand. That little act in another woman of course would have led to a demonstration on my part, but in this girl it seemed so entirely natural and candid that it was a complete ...
— Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall • Charles Major
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... approaching storm Darrell sat, silent and motionless, till a sudden peal of thunder—the first note of the impending battle—roused him from his revery. Springing to his feet he watched the rapidly advancing armies marshalling their forces upon the battle-ground. Another roll of thunder, and the conflict began. Up and down the mountain passes the winds rushed wildly, shrieking like demons. Around the lofty summits the lightnings ...
— At the Time Appointed • A. Maynard Barbour
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