"the shadows, she fancied, had tricked her" whats the meaning of the word "fancied" in this sentence? a said b desired c thought d hoped

Option B is correct. The word fancied in the sentence means "desired"

From the given sentence, "The shadows, she FANCIED, had tricked her", Fancied serves as an action word (a verb)

According to Merian and Webster, "Fancied" means imagined or believed to be true or real.

According to the statement, Fancied nearly mean that she "desired" the shadow. She thought it was the shadow that she desired was the one she saw before she later realized that she was tricked by the shadow's appearance

We can therefore conclude that the word fancied in the sentence means "desired"

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