| Pronunciation: | | `preekun'seev
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[v] conceive beforehand; "a preconceived notion" |
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PRECONCEIVE is a 11 letter word that starts with P. |
| | See Also: | | conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre`con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Preconceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconceiving}.]
To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a
previous notion or idea of.
In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the
eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth.
--Bacon.
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