† foreconceivev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To conceive beforehand, to preconceive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] > beforehand
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preconceive1559
pre-imagine?1610
prefigure1626
preconceit1698
1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 31v The other proceedes of a greate witt, to fore conceiue in minde thinges to comme.
1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill (Arb.) 149 By expecting, or foreconceyuing, that [etc.].
1620 Bp. J. Hall tr. Rotomagensis in Honor Married Clergie sig. Z4v Which Hee..hath fore-conceiued in His certayne and vnchangeable Decree.
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Premeditáre, to forethink, to fore-conceive in mind.
Derivatives
ˌforeconˈceived adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [adjective] > preconceived
foreconceived1561
preconceived1580
pre-imagined1598
preconceited1602
fore-conceited1605
prenotional1872
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 175 The foundation hereof is a fore conceiued perswasion of the truthe of God.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne viii. lxxiii. 156 But fore-conceiued greefes,..Their ire still nourished.
1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xi. 115 Their own fore-conceived notions.
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