† fore-conceit Obs.
[f. fore- prefix.]
A conception previously formed; a preconception.
| 1581 Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 26 That Idea or fore-conceite of the work. a 1600 Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. (1617) 472 A fore-conceit thus qualified. 1640 Bp. Reynoldes Passions xl. 522 The Fore-conceipt of eternall blisse. |