Fancy, vb. to like, to love: “win her to f. him,” Gentl. III, 1, 67. “that special face which I could f. more than any other,” Shr. II, 12. “you f. riches more,” Shr. II, 12 “Bianca doth f. any other,” IV, 2, 2. “we f. not the cardinal,” H6B I, 3, 97. Absolutely: “should she f., it should be one of my complexion,” Tw. II, 5, 29. “never did young man f. with so eternal and so fixed a soul,” Troil. V, 2, 165.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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