Part 2217

<hw>Con*ceit"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To form an idea; to think.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions <b>conceit</b> but low of matrimonial purposes. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conceited</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*ceit"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Endowed with fancy or imagination.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He was . . . pleasantly <b>conceited</b>, and sharp of wit. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.</def>

<blockquote>If you think me too <b>conceited</b> Or to passion quickly heated. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Conceited</b> of their own wit, science, and politeness. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>conceited</b> chair to sleep in. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.</syn>

<h1>Conceitedly</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*ceit"ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In an egotistical manner.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fancifully; whimsically.</def>

<h1>Conceitedness</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*ceit"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Conceitless</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*ceit"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without wit; stupid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Think'st thou I am so shallow, so <b>conceitless</b>. To be seduced by thy flattery? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conceivable</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*ceiv"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>concevable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood.</def> "Any <i>conceivable</i> weight."

<i>Bp. Wilkins.</i>

<blockquote>It is not <b>conceivable</b> that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Con*ceiv"a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Conceive</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*ceive"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Conceived</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Conceiving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>conzoivre</ets>, <ets>concever</ets>, <ets>conceveir</ets>, F. <ets>concevoir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>oncipere</ets> to take, to conceive; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>capere</ets> to seize or take. See <er>Capable</er>, and cf. <er>Conception</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.</def>

<blockquote>She hath also <b>conceived</b> a son in her old age. <i>Luke i. 36.</i></blockquote>