From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fantasm \Fan"tasm\, n. [See {Phantasm}, {Fancy}.]
Same as {Phantasm}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fantasm
n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the
apparition that confronted us" [syn: {apparition},
{phantom}, {phantasm}, {phantasma}, {fantasm}, {specter},
{spectre}]
2: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition
at midnight" [syn: {apparition}, {phantom}, {phantasm},
{phantasma}, {fantasm}, {shadow}]
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