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n. - An abstracted state of absorption; Absentminded dreaming while awake.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Dickinson or no, the idea of "revery" in place of the "reverend" is very pleasing.
  • She would spend hours in this kind of revery, in the large unfurnished parlor, at our own house at Lavenham.
  • Meantime the Doctor had recovered from his revery.
  • Neither Perry nor I cared to interrupt his revery.
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