Question

Read these lines from Fredrick Douglass's speech "What to The Slave Is the Fourth of July?"
But I fancy I hear someone of my audience say, it is just in this circumstance that you and your brother abolitionists fail to make a favorable impression on the public mind. Which word is most similar to how fancy is used here?

Accept
Believe
Desire
Insist

Answer 1

Desire should be it idk fr

Answer 2

When taking in consideration the context where the word fancy is used, one understands that it’s intention is to express a longing for something and therefore the correct answer would be option C "Desire", the word fancy as a verb can be used to denote when someone wants something, for example: I fancy a cup of tea.