conceived, ppl. a.
(kənˈsiːvd, poet. -ɪd)
[f. conceive + -ed1.]
1. Of offspring: Brought into embryonic existence in the womb; see conceive 1.
† b. Of a female: Pregnant; see conceive 3.
2. Admitted into, or originated in, the mind; imagined, thought of, etc.: see the verb.
| 1586 Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. i. i. 29 The cause of my conceived grief. 1635 N. R. tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. i. 54 This his conceived anger he manifestly discovered. 1643 Milton Divorce viii. (1851) 44 The conceived hope of gaining a soul. 1784 Cowper Task ii. 603 This [dress] fits not nicely, that is ill conceived. 1884 tr. Lotze's Logic i. iii. 127 The conceived or conceivable reason. |
† b. Of prayer: Spontaneous, ‘free’. Obs.
| 1614 Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. 772 In a conceived prayer. 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Answ. ii. (1653) 11 Conceived prayer was in use in the Church of God before Liturgies. 1641 Vind. Smectymnuus xiii. 168 The freedom of conceived prayer. 1733 Neal Hist. Purit. II. 388 Ministers had been excommunicated..for..using conceived prayers before the afternoon Sermon. |
† 3. actively. Cf. well-read, plain-spoken. Obs.
| 1594 R. Carew tr. Huarte's Exam. Men's Wits (1616) 82 The pleasant conceiued man laugheth not at the ieastes which himselfe vttereth. |