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to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream. They be but phantasms or apparitions. Sir W. Raleigh.

A phantasm.

Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images. "This mental phantasmagoria." Sir W. Scott.

Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.

Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial. Hawthorne.

See Phantasmagoria.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.

See Phantascope.

Phantasmal. Dr. H. More.

A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc.

See Fantastic.

See Fantasy, and Fancy.

That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. Pope. She was a phantom of delight. Wordsworth. Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying. -- Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the…

The equivalent of an additional circuit or wire, in reality not existing, obtained by certain arrangements of real circuits, as in some multiplex telegraph systems.

Phantasmal. [R.] Coleridge.

photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving.

obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively. Smiling pickthanks, and base newsmongers. Shak.

See Profane. [Obs.]

, stress being laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means of suggestion. -- Psy*chan`a*lyt"ic (#), a. -- Psy`cha*nal"y*sist (#), n.

A mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is said to change its color and become transparent by heat.