单词 | conceiver |
释义 | conceivern. 1. A person who devises or originates something in the mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] > one who imagines imaginatorc1450 imaginer?c1475 conceiver1581 imaginant1605 imaginist1806 fancier1828 visualizer1886 visualist1902 imager1939 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > creator or inventor craftsmana1382 feigner1382 finderc1384 finder-upc1425 engineer?a1513 finder-out1534 inventor1555 conceiver1581 conceiter1603 conceitist1628 commenter1645 ideas man1845 think-man1967 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iv. 20 The meane conceiuer, in some strength of bodie, is the best continuer. 1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. iii. xxvi. 463 The conception of the conceiver and that which conceiveth, is the word. 1724 Pharmacopolæ Justificati: Apothecaries Vindicated 12 What is to be expected from whimsical Notions, which have no Being but in the Brain of their Conceivers? 1749 J. Holt Attempte to rescue W. Shakespere Pref. p. v The most extensive, and universal Conceiver and Expresser since Homer. 1808 Monthly Anthol. May 234/2 A reconciliation between an offended Deity and a vile conceiver or actual perpetrator of crimes. 1861 G. L. Craik Hist. Eng. Lit. & Lang. I. 564 The conceiver and creator of the character. 1940 Princeton Alumni Weekly 12 Apr. 602/2 Editors and conceivers of the new Nassau publication. 2008 P. E. Rinzler Contradict. of Jazz iv. xv. 161 Improvisation..unifies the conceiver of the music and its executor. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] > one who understands understandantc1400 understanderc1430 conceiver1584 comprehender1616 apprehendera1631 fathomer1791 1584 J. Norden Pensiue Mans Practise f. 31 Make vs euermore attentiue hearers, true conceiuers, and dilligent fulfillers of thy will. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 340 Hereof..pious Allegories be made by wiser conceivers . View more context for this quotation 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xxviii. 225 Meer sensible conceivers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581 |
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