† ˌforeconˈceive, v. Obs.
[f. fore- prefix.]
trans. To conceive beforehand, to preconceive.
| 1553 N. Grimalde tr. Cicero's Offices (1556) 31 b, The other proceedes of a greate witt, to fore conceiue in minde thinges to comme. 1597 Bacon Coulers Good & Evill (Arb.) 149 By expecting, or foreconceyuing, that [etc.]. 1628 Bp. Hall tr. Rotomagensis Anon. Wks. 815 Which He..hath foreconceiued in His certaine and vnchangeable decree. 1659 Torriano, Premeditáre, to forethink, to fore-conceive in mind. |
Hence ˌforeconˈceived ppl. a.
| 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 175 The foundation hereof is a fore conceiued perswasion of the truthe of God. 1600 Fairfax Tasso viii. lxxiii, But fore-conceiued griefes..The ire still nourished. 1662 Glanvill Lux Orient. xi. (1682) 88 Their own fore-conceived notions. |