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† conˈceptible, a. Obs.
[mod. f. L. concept- ppl. stem of concipĕre: cf. mod.F. conceptible, (prob.) med. or mod.L. conceptibilis: see -ble.]
= conceivable.
1650Hobbes Hum. Nat. xi. (R.), Spirits we suppose to be those substances which work not upon the sense; and therefore not conceptible. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. 13 Easily conceptible by us. 1695Howe Let. to Friend Wks. (1834) 155 Not by parts, other than conceptible.
b. as n. Anything conceivable.
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. vi. 118 If any Conceptible is more nothing than another, Duration without a thing that dureth..is..the absolutest Nothing. |