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in idea

adv

in idea

adv
1

In thought or imagination as opposed to in reality; as an abstract concept; conceptually.

  • [A]n acquaintance she soon after formed with Henry Mortimer, realized the object she had long dwelt on in idea.1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 4, in Dangers of Coquetry, volume I:

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