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Definition of Preconceive
1. Verb. Conceive beforehand. "A preconceived notion"
Definition of Preconceive
1. v. t. To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of.
Definition of Preconceive
1. Verb. To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of. ¹
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Definition of Preconceive
1. [v -CEIVED, -CEIVING, -CEIVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preconceive
Literary usage of Preconceive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... even before it be out; but slow to preconceive the sequel of the same.
You would hear, as one may say, somewhat else than what our life is conversant in ..."
2. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1869)
"Non-being we partly produce by being separated from being, partly preconceive by
adhering to being. For, of course, if we are separated from being, ..."
3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... even before it be out; but slow to preconceive the sequel of the same.
You would hear, as one may say, somewhat else than what our life is conversant in ..."
4. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1869)
"Non-being we partly produce by being separated from being, partly preconceive by
adhering to being. For, of course, if we are separated from being, ..."
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