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conceitn. Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French conceit. Etymology: Probably < Anglo-Norman conceit, conceite, consceite, conseit, conceipt (feminine; also occasionally masculine) idea, opinion (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier), probably use as noun of feminine of conciez , conciex , variant of the past participle of conceivre , concevoir conceive v. It is also possible that the word may have been formed within English, by analogy with e.g. deceit n. beside deceive v., receipt n. beside receive v. The later semantic development is influenced by conceive v., and probably also (especially in branch III.) by Italian concetto (see below). Compare later concept n.The chief senses of Italian concetto ( < classical Latin conceptum concept n.) are: intention, design, plan (a1306), idea, thought, mental image (both a1308), fundamental idea which underlies a work of art (a1374), esteem, reputation (a1529), opinion, judgement (1532), fanciful or ingenious expression or rhetorical figure (a1595). The α. forms show remodelling (already found in Anglo-Norman) after classical Latin concept-, past participial stem of concipere conceive v. I. Senses relating to thought or understanding. 1. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. l. 1554 Whan the word to the conceipte Descordeth. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. x. l. 2483 Þe commune accordaunce and conceite of þe corages of men proueþ and graunteþ þat god..is good. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 692 For-þi wolde I fayn remeue Thy wrong conceyte. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxii. 16 Do thi conseitis [?a1425 Claud. gloss. that is, parforme thi good purpos conseyued there]. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock (1921) 3 (MED) Certein defensis aȝens hem whiche wolen inpugne þe conceit and þe deuise of þis book. ?1520 J. Rastell sig. Aijv Euery man after his fantesye wyll wryte his conseyte. c1550 (1979) 5 Ane temerare consait. 1596 E. Spenser 1 But a vaine conceipt of simple men. 1631 W. Gouge ii. §6. 141 Soothing of people with conceipt of plenty. 1639 T. Fuller i. vi. 7 Fluent in language to expresse their conceits. 1664 H. Power i. 37 Dr. Brown hath ranked this conceit of the Eyes of a Snail amongst the Vulgar errours of the multitude. 1703 W. Dampier iii. 88 Being thus possess'd with a Conceit that we could not Sail from hence till September. 1785 R. J. Sulivan II. lxxix. 411 Love they accepted as the first principle of all things, they could rest themselves upon no other conceit. 1821 Dec. 660/1 I have long had a conceit that the auld way of education is no conducted in a proper manner. 1833 C. Lamb Convalescent in 73 A glimmering conceit of some such thing. 1851 H. Melville lxxx. 388 It is a German conceit, that the vertebrae are absolutely undeveloped skulls. 1900 S. R. Crockett xxiv. 175 There sprang up in my heart a dreadful conceit that he loved you. 1965 K. Vonnegut (1967) v. 65 It was the Senator's conceit that Eliot trafficked with criminals. He was mistaken. 1994 30 Sept. 5/2 Albert shows how armed force and conceits about establishing the universal rule of law intertwine in the American imagination. the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] > cognition > concept the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > logical concept > general concept 1576 J. Sanford tr. sig. B Plato putteth his chiefest ende in a certayne thinge whiche he calleth Idea, whiche is nothinge els, but a conceipt of mynd in Imagination. 1588 A. Fraunce ii. ii. f. 87 It [sc. an axiom] heere signifieth any sentence or proposition whatsoeuer, wherein one argument, reason, conceipt, thing, is so conioyned with, or seuered from another. 1654 Z. Coke 11 Certain intellectual Rules, whereby we do with all distinctness and regularity form things, that is, the conceits of things. 1661 J. Glanvill xxii. 222 'Tis more then any man can determine, whether his conceit of what he cals white, be the same with anothers. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins 20 That conceit which men have in their minds concerning a Horse..is the Notion or mental Image of that Beast. 1701 N. Grew ii. vi. 59 The Conceipts of Visibles, are Cleerer and Stronger, than those of Audibles. the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > [noun] 1607 tr. H. Vastellabus in tr. Ep. sig. B He hath so liuely and significantly expressed the conceit and meaning of a strange tongue. 1659 O. Walker 71 Eastern-tongues use..reduplication onely for the more..gravity, without varying at all the conceit. 1664 J. Playford (ed. 4) i. 60 Understanding of the conceit and the humour of the words. 1767 ‘Cosmetti’ iv. 30 Good singers..often increase or lessen them [sc. notes], according to the conceit of the words. †2. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] > understanding, comprehension c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 1078 O sely preest..ful blynd is thy conceit No thyng ne artow war of the deceite. c1475 in F. J. Furnivall (1862) 147 Sum man wolde say, And to hys conceyte so hyt schulde seme, That I forsoke sone a perfyte way. 1575 J. Rolland iv. f. 63 Thame to rehers it excedis my consait. 1590 Sir P. Sidney ii. xxii. f. 200v I (not looking for such a matter) had not my conceipt open, to vnderstand them. 1597 T. Morley 117 You haue a good master and a quicke conceit. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. ii. 52 I know you are a Gentleman of good conceit . View more context for this quotation 1658 R. Allestree i. §11. 5 Excellent, beyond all that our wit or conceit can imagine. 1686 J. Scott II. vii. 744 It puzzles my conceit, and out reaches my wonder. 1765 B. Kennicott 93 What Critics of a dull conceit would name Transposition, but what this terse Writer..is pleased to denominate Interpolation! 1805 W. Wordsworth i. 91 His own conceit the figure planned. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > operation of 1576 T. Rogers ii. xx. f. 115v The like is reported of Themistocles, whome..nothing coulde bring from pernicious company.., no not ye death of his mother procured by conceite of his wicked behauior. 1594 M. Drayton sig. Hv Wise in conceite, in acte a very sot. 1658 T. Pierce Let. 11 Dec. in 138 He directs me to him as to a choice orthodox writer (in the Barlean conceipt of the word Orthodox). 1709 J. Strype xlvii. 510 The Earl of Murray had departed lately from the Scotch Court, upon conceit of that Queen's love to the Lord Darnley. the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 833 (MED) Siȝynge wonder sore, He discloseth þe conceit of his herte, And seide, ‘allas! how sore it doth me smerte.’ 1517 S. Hawes (1928) ii. 14 There ly in wayte Gyauntes grete..That all deuoureth by theyr yll conceyte. 1523 J. Skelton 14 So depely drownyd I was in this dumpe, encraumpyshed so sore was my conceyte, That, me to rest, I lent me to a stumpe of an oke. 1636 R. Basset tr. G. A. de Paoli l. 116 [Quintilius] fell into so deepe a melancholy and ill conceit, that hee coveting solitude bent his whole intention to what meanes or way hee might preserve himselfe Emperor. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun] 1604 R. Cawdrey at Capacitie Largenes of a place: conceit, or receiet. II. Senses relating to opinion or judgement. 5. the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [adverb] > in my opinion c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 1214 Ye shul han no mysbileeue Ne wrong conceite of me in youre Absence. 1448 R. Fox Brut in J. S. Davies (1856) 114 (MED) The seyde duke stoode in gode conseyte of the peple. a1500 (a1450) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4739 A litill dogge..In here conseite a grete Iewell it was. c1550 (1979) Prol. 9 Ve sal fynd amang ane thousand men, ane thousand consaitis. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More sig. Oi Comelines of bewtie doth..auaunce the wyues in the conceyte of there husbandes. 1633 Bp. J. Hall ii. 61 Herod had an awfull and reverent conceit of John. 1658 R. Allestree xiii. §11. 260 Willing to lay down ill conceits of their neighbours. 1727 P. Frowde iv. 49 Great is the Risque, and small, in my Conceit, The Profit. 1751 J. Wolfe Let. 9 June in (1909) vii. 142 I have a poor conceit of wooden fortifications, and would wish to have them changed for ramparts of earth. 1836 178 I had nae objection to the arrangement, for I never had ony great conceit o' the shop-board. 1840 J. Richardson II. ix. 120 At all events, in my conceit, it's an attempt to undervally himself. the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > [noun] 1548 N. Udall in N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. f. xvi Any persones there be..of such high conceipte and opinion of themselues that they can like no mannes doinges but their owne. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe 136 Vayne conceipte of his own opinion. a1677 I. Barrow (1683) II. 11 Every man is unwilling to entertain a bad conceit of himself. a1716 O. Blackall (1723) I. i. 9 Such as have a mean and low Conceit of themselves. 1788 R. Burns 7 Mar. (2001) I. 255 Lord, send us a gude conceit o' oursel'! 1845 A. R. C. Dallas XIX. 96 A true christian should be convinced of the holiness and the power of God: he should have a very low conceit of himself. 1897 G. Gissing ii. v. 189 Many other people encouraged her in a fine conceit of herself. 1906 E. Phillpotts (1909) iii. i. 273 I'll teach you to have a cheerfuller conceit of yourself some day. 1985 A. Blair 170 Seems he had a right good conceit of himself. 1994 7 June ii. 18/2 The city [sc. Glasgow] has a ‘guid conceit’ of itself, and secretly quite enjoys its street-fighting image. 6. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [noun] the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disfavour > disfavouring [phrase] a1438 (1940) i. 166 (MED) A preyste whech had no conseyt in hir wepyng & cawsyd hir..to gon owte of þe cherche. 1462 J. Wykes in (2004) II. 274 John Fermour..stondyth out of the conceyte of much peple. c1500 Robert Deuyll in W. J. Thoms (1828) I. 50 Ye be in grace and conceyte with Almyghty God. c1530 A. Barclay ii. sig. Kiij Thou mayst suspect..Hym more in fauour & in conceyt than thou. a1592 R. Greene (1594) sig. G3 Europes conceit of Bacon hath an end. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio sig. N6 With all the Grandees..he was in the greatest conceipt that any private person could obtaine. 1693 W. Congreve i. i. 5 What fine Lady hast thou been putting out of conceit with herself? 1768 D. Hume 24 May (1932) II. 177 The little Count is well spoken of, and our friend, I find, is much in conceit with him. a1790 B. Franklin (1981) iii. 141 Enough to put us out of Conceit of such Defenders. 1839 J. H. Newman IV. x. 184 To be out of conceit with our lot in life. 1879 G. F. Jackson I hanna much consait of 'er. 1901 S. Gwynn 141 The old man lost conceit of it entirely. 1921 H. Garland ii. xxv. 377 A book which nobody wants and which has put you..out of conceit with fiction. the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] 1563 L. Humphrey i. sig. e.viiiv Through selfe loue and conceyt of them selues. 1597 T. Morley 87 Conceit of their own sufficiencie hath ouerthrowne many. 1621 R. Burton i. ii. iv. iv. 197 They..possessed the poore man with a conceipt of his excellent poëtry. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer xv. 77 That man that is skilled in these tongues hath not little conceit of himself. 1748 S. Richardson III. xxiv. 145 Should I be out-witted, with all my sententious, boasting conceit of my own nostrum-mongership.., I should certainly hang, drown, or shoot myself. 1776 A. Smith II. v. ii. 431 The landlords conceit of his own superior knowledge. View more context for this quotation 1830 A. Cunningham (ed. 2) II. 227 With..a large conceit of himself. 1911 E. Phillpotts ii. xix. 321 You can slink away and live in some hole with her and still have a conceit of yourself. 2003 W. R. Shea & M. Artigas ii. 32 Galileo may have had an excessive conceit of himself, but he was head and shoulders above his rivals. the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] 1567 T. Harding sig. ciiv It is a point of greater wit to quenche the flames of stourdy conceite [L. animositatis flammas] by confessing that is amisse, than by sharpenes of vnderstanding to auoide the clowdes of falshode. 1609 Bp. J. Hall (new ed.) I. §96 The proude man, though hee be emptie of good substance, yet he is full of conceite. 1689 J. Collier 56 Conceit when it is Corrected with a mixture of Gravity, is an admirable Wash, and will make one look as Wise, and as Great as you would wish. 1754 (Moravian Church) i. 353/1 I liv'd in proud conceit, Knew nothing of heart-sorrow. 1757 T. Smollett i. iii. 15 A peacock in pride, in grimace a baboon, In courage a hind, in conceit a gascoon. 1836 H. Smith I. 133 Conceit—Taking ourselves at our own valuation generally about fifty per cent. above the fair worth. 1845 R. Ford I. i. 50 It takes the conceit out of a man. 1858 O. W. Holmes i. 10 Conceit..is to human character what salt is to the ocean; it keeps it sweet, and renders it endurable. 1937 26 July 57/2 A stern parent should have whaled the conceit out of him years ago. 1989 B. Dylan Dis. of Conceit (song) in (2006) 534 There's a whole lot of people suffering tonight From the disease of conceit. 1999 S. Selvadurai (2000) xiv. 223 He thinks he's the cat's meow, she thought to herself... Such conceit would surely make him a selfish husband. III. Senses relating to fancy or wit. 8. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate (Durh.) (1961) ii. l. 1418 God ordenyde, trouthe forto shewe To exclude playnely, euery conceyte newe. 1486 sig. fviiiv Ye may not ouerryn swyftly the forsayd rules. bot dyligently haue theym in yowre mynde. and be not to full of consaitis. 1493 (de Worde) xvii. sig. Hjv/2 The moost souereyne remedye. And approuyd for to dryue awaye suche fantasyes and conceytes of goostly temptacyons. is for to praye. 1530 J. Palsgrave 207/2 Conceyte, fantaisie. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker sig. H2 Some haue a conceit their drinke tasts better In an outlandish cup then in our owne. 1681 W. Robertson (1693) 365 A conceit or fancy, imaginatio. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet (1724) I. 245 As the conceit took her, she made him fall out with all his friends, one after another. 1774 Ld. Kames II. i. vii. 114 What if Jupiter should take a conceit to send them no rain? 1848 J. S. Mill Prelim. Rem. 3 The conceit seems too preposterous to be thought of as a serious opinion. 1879 Dec. 196/2 It was his conceit one day to feed him with a melon-rind. 1922 B. L. Taylor 39 Kick up thy heels and dance and sing—To any wild conceit give wing. 2010 T. Wayne tr. H. Hesse 33 It was really all one to him whether the wolf had been bewitched or beaten into him or whether it was but a conceit of his soul. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] 1556 N. Grimald in tr. Cicero Pref. to Rdr. sig. viiv Somtime to cast in conceite fourmes disseuered from the mater, mathematically. 1578 J. Banister viii. f. 102 When reason should giue iudgement, conceyt standeth in the light. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1595) sig. B4 That high flying liberty of conceit proper to the Poet. a1592 R. Greene (1594) sig. Ciiv In conceit build Castles in the Skie. 1667 R. Baxter ii. xi. 425 Many Fryers and Fanaticks, Quakers and other Enthusiasts have by the power of Conceit, been transported into such streins of speech, as in the Apostles were accounted fruits of the Spirit. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury III. Misc. ii. i. 31 Without this Imagination or Conceit, the World wou'd be but a dull Circumstance, and Life a sorry Pass-Time. 1740 W. Somervile iii. 244 In Conceit Already grasp the warm-contested Prize. 1874 W. H. Dixon III. xvii. viii. 296 The name of Anna tickled his conceit. 9. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > fantastic or affected 1463 in S. Tymms (1850) 25 (MED) Alle the steyned clothes, wt ymages and othir consceytes longyng to the seid place. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 54 Marchantys wych cary out thyngys necessary..& bryng in agayn vayn tryfullys & conceytys. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 47/1 in I Ouches, or earering, and other conceytes made of ambre. 1600 W. Shakespeare i. i. 33 Bracelets of thy haire, rings, gawdes, conceites, Knackes, trifles. View more context for this quotation 1641 8 The turning of the Communion Tables Altar-wise, setting Images, Crucifixes, and Conceits over them, and Tapers and Bookes upon them. 1756 May 463 The books must be neatly bound,..marbled on the leaves, with twenty other pretty conceits and decorations. 1823 J. F. Cooper I. vii. 98 A small basket, of the ash-wood slips, coloured in divers fantastical conceits. 1896 11 Oct. 5 Interest is accentuated daily by rich conceits from the foremost milliners of the world. 1945 14 Feb. 3 (advt.) Quaint conceits that point up the delicacy of a lovely throat. 1991 27 Mar. 8/1 Its beautiful gold and amber shell, which man likes to turn into tortoise shell eyeglass frames, ornamental combs, mirror handles and other conceits. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. xxvi. 72 He wolde gladlye se conseytes and fantesies at his table. ?1560 H. Rhodes (new ed.) sig. Aiii Yf your mayster wyll haue any conceytes after dynner, as apples nuttes, or creame. 1582 A. Munday sig. E2 The..last, is some time Cheese, some time preserued conceytes. 1600 R. Armin sig. C1v Mingling a conceipt with Butter. a1655 T. T. de Mayerne (1658) cxxxii. 84 (heading) To cast all kind of standing conceipts in Sugar-works. 1828 D. M. Moir xx. 288 The hennie was quite a conceit of a thing, and laid an egg not muckle bigger than my thimble. 1844 W. Miller in D. Robertson 14 He was sic a conceit—sic an ancient-like wean. 1941 J. B. Waddell in (1952) III. 185/3 [Kircudbright] Addressed to a little girl, wearing a new frock: ‘You're just a wee conceit this morning.’ 10. the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > a caprice or whim > capricious action c1520 Vergilius in W. J. Thoms (1858) II. 59 The lyfe of Vergilius with many dyuers consaytes that he dyd. 1569 R. Grafton II. 719 A pretie conceyt that happened in this gathering. 1580 J. Lyly (new ed.) f. 19v Practise some pleasaunt conceipt vpon thy poore patient. 1615 J. Greene iii. 58 Youth to learne amorous conceits..: none to any good intent, but all fruitlesly to mispend their time. 1644 J. Bulwer 1 Declarative conceits of Gesture. 1728 E. Young (ed. 2) i. 186 Men, overloaded with a large estate, May spill their treasure in a nice conceit. 1775 R. Cumberland ii. ii. 19 Before you pass yourself off for a man of fashion, shou'dn't you practice the carriage and conceits of one? 1811 T. F. Dibdin (ed. 2) v. 503 Even the eyes of our ancient Rebecca, with ‘spectacle on nose’ to boot, could hardly detect the cunning conceit of your binder! 1874 J. R. Green v. §1. 214 Religious enthusiasm had degenerated into the pretty conceits of Mariolatry. 1921 Feb. 107/1 A very clever conceit was their method of advertising partial payments. 2008 17 Oct. 23/3 That was a favourite Georgian conceit, a single door constructed so as to look like two doors meeting in the middle. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful expression the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > instance of wit, witticism a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil (1957) i. Prol. 338 Als oft as ȝe hym reid..Ȝhe fynd ilke tyme sum mery new consait. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe 264 How..our toung may be framed to pretie conceiptes. 1653 I. Walton 46 Most of his conceits were either Scripture-jests, or lascivious jests; for which I count no man witty. View more context for this quotation 1751 S. Johnson No. 141. ⁋10 Sometimes I drew the conversation up..to a proper point, and produced a conceit which I had treasured up. 1785 T. Reid ii. x. 287 His style is disagreeable being full of Conceits. 1839 H. Hallam III. v. 454 Extravagant metaphors..and conceits on equivocal words are very frequent in the Adone. 1873 J. A. Symonds x. 324 The Greeks had no conceits: they did not call the waves ‘nodding hearse-plumes’..or laburnums ‘dropping wells of fire’. 1888 30 June 907/2 The Seventeenth Century, when the sweetness of song, is for the most part lost in its conceits. 1934 D. Thomas c21 Mar. (1987) 101 I've been too ill to write, to do anything but sit fatalistically by the fire..and scribble small conceits on the backs of postcards. 1957 G. Snyder Let. 8 Jan. in A. Ginsberg & G. Snyder (2009) 19 The ‘Lankavatara Sutra’..says about all one can say and in very elevated language with numerous Sanskritty stories, poems, images, and conceits. 1991 10 Nov. 18/3 B.J.'s affliction makes for some amusing narrative conceits when the point of view shifts to him. 2002 Mar. 95/1 The film's core conceit is that while Jack sees Rosemary as slim and lovely, to everyone else she looks like a beached whale. society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > use of conceits society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > use of conceits > conceit 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene sig. **2v Oft haue I obserued..a secular wit..to bee more iudiciall in matters of conceit, than our quadrant crepundios. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Poetry 48 in This Vein of Conceit, seemed proper for such Scraps or Splinters, into which Poetry was broken. 1711 A. Pope 18 Some to Conceit alone their Taste confine. 1755 S. Johnson Conceit,..6. Sentiment, as distinguished from imagery. a1763 W. Shenstone (1768) II. 227 Conceit is false taste, and very widely different from no taste at all. 1839 H. Hallam IV. v. 445 A tendency to conceit is perceived in Rapin. 1916 F. B. Snyder 799/2 Donne's extravagance of conceit..outdoes the Petrarchists. 2004 P. Vecchione 110 Herbert's poems are characterized by a deep religious devotion, precision, metrical agility, and ingenious use of conceit. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] 1593 G. Harvey 10 Were the marrow of conceite to seeke, where should witt looke for witt, but in his Incke bottle? 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. iv. 243 His wit's as thicke as Tewksbury mustard, theres no more conceit in him then is in a mallet. View more context for this quotation 1640 E. Reynolds xxxix. 514 I take not Wit in that common Acceptation, whereby men understand some sudden flashes of Conceipt.., which..have more Shine than Substance. 1751 S. Johnson No. 141. ⁋7 Sudden scintillations of conceit. †IV. Senses relating to the body. the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > [noun] a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Gough) (1905) 109 (MED) As þys Iewe dysputeþe wyth þys crysten man of þe maner of þe conceyte of our lady. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ sig. Diij The myncing Dame[s] conceipt was so quick, that shee caught a childe whilst her husbande was from her. the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > fall ill the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke 1543 fxcviv To thentent yt she hearyng this meruelous rumour, should take so greueous a conceyt that anone after she should fall into some great disease. 1569 R. Grafton II. 433 When newes of this..was shewed to his father, he tooke such an inward conceipt, that it cost him his lyfe. 1613 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne (rev. ed.) iii. iv. 469 The conceipt of the stone..hath..so stopped my vrine. 1622 H. Peacham xi. 101 He found the affection of the Pope so estranged from him, that hereupon hee tooke a conceipt and died. 1658 T. Bromhall cxxii. 44 He took a sad conceit, and falling into a disease, he died. Phrasesthe mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [adverb] > in my opinion 1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham xxvi Thys clerke..was wise and wyttye in hys owne conceyte. 1535 Rom. xii. 16 Be not proude in youre awne consaytes [ Cranmer & Geneva opinions; Rheims conceite; 1611 King James, 1881 conceits]. 1535 G. Joye 5 Standing to miche in our own consaightis. 1569 R. Grafton II. 734 He imagined in his awne conceipt, that this request would be made. 1654 R. Whitlock 497 One that in his own conceit is a main Husband, and is forward enough to call some..prodigall. a1670 J. Hacket (1693) i. 176 By falling down in your own conceipt, you are mounted higher in the opinion of all others. a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in (1707) I. i. 53 A Drunkard does..fancy himself a King in his own Conceit. 1765 C. Shaw 29 Endless groups on groups from ev'ry street, Popes, Shakespears, Johnsons—in their own conceit. 1805 J. Whitehouse Jrnl. 20 Jan. in (1997) XI. 122 Some of them..quick & Sensible in their own way & in their own conceit. 1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies xvi, in 279 The first thing to aggrandise a man in his own conceit, is to conceive of himself as neglected. 1931 T. S. Moore 276 Was ever pygmy so huge in his own conceit! 2009 (Nexis) 28 Dec. Many worry that Mr Zardari may not smart enough from the narrow escape that he seems to have had, and instead becomes wise in his own conceit. Compounds 1805 Session Papers in (1952) III. at Conceit Whether the feith-nets, and conceit-net, and yare-net, are stent-nets? 1805 Session Papers in (1952) III. at Conceit The conceit-net is thirty fathoms in length, and two and one-half fathoms in depth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). conceitv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: conceit n. Etymology: < conceit n. Compare earlier conceited adj., and also earlier conceive v. N.E.D. (1891) included a sense ‘to conceive (hope, a liking, etc.)’, based on reading concerted as conceited in the following quotation:1706 Secret Mem. Earl of Leicester 175 I concerted hope that he might..become in time, an honourable..Neighbour.The first printed publication of the same text, from 1584, reads conceyued , i.e. conceive v., which seems much more likely to have been the word originally intended. †1. Cf. conceive v. I.the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > conceive, form in the mind [verb (transitive)] > something real 1557 Earl of Shrewsbury in E. Lodge (1791) I. 285 The Scotts begyne allredye to conceyte a brute of an armye. 1589 R. Greene sig. B2v Thou..conceiptest the Astronomicall motions of the heauens. 1592 R. Greene sig. B Yet I could not but conceit it hardly, and so in a discontented humor I sat me down vpon my bed-side. 1602 J. Marston Induct. sig. A4v A part..which I have neither able apprehension to conceipt, nor what I conceipt gratious abilitie to vtter. 1609 S. Daniel (rev. ed.) i. lx. 16 And to the king the whole discourse relate: Who, not conceipting it, as it was told,..Charg'd Herford therewithall. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iii. 162 Him, and his worth, and our great need of him, You haue right well conceited . View more context for this quotation a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley (1656) iii. 30 Oh neighbour you doe not conceit mee,..the hand of the Diall I meane. 1680 J. Butler Ἀστρολογία i. 17 in When he talks of proud and sawcy Cardan, yet it is the Doctor of Christ's-College whom he must be in charity conceited to mean. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > conceive, form in the mind [verb (transitive)] the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)] 1591 R. Greene sig. I3v She beganne as women are prone to conceit reuenge. 1603 R. Knolles 139 Othoman..began now..to conceit greater matters, for the further increase of his honor. 1614 C. Cornwallis in J. Gutch (1781) I. 166 What I had conceited to speak in Parliament. 1638 T. Heywood ii. sig. C2v I have conceited, to have Luce married to this blunt Gentleman. 1738 J. Bancks I. 64 The wooden Trap was all he baited, Whate'er his Mistress had conceited. 1592 R. Greene sig. E2 He found that women are weake vessels, and conceited a Iealious opinion without cause. 1697 H. Prideaux (ed. 2) 140 The opinion which you have conceited that Christianity is an Imposture. †2. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > give mental shape to [verb (transitive)] > fill with fancy 1587 R. Greene sig. H2v Whose dreames were but sweete slumbers conceipted by imagination of the beauty of his fayer Polixena. a1592 R. Greene (1594) sig. D To plague the Palatine with iealouzie, And to conceipt him with some deepe extreame. 1876 J. S. Blackie 227 Pert witlings fling crude fancies round As wanton whim conceits them. the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > be conceited [verb (reflexive)] 1597 T. Morley iii. 124 A man..conceiting himselfe in his own skil, & glorying in that he can deceiue the hearer. 1616 T. Granger 59 If Iesus Christ should come to preach among you in mans appearance, you conceit your selfe that you would heare him as Christ. 1846 A. J. W. Morrison tr. A. W. Schlegel (rev. ed.) iii. 50 Conceiting themselves that they have far surpassed the ancients. 1852 W. Hamilton 20 We..conceit ourselves that we contemplate absolute existence. 1873 F. Hall 18 To conceit ourselves that our progeny will be satisfied with our English. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > have liking for [verb (transitive)] > take a liking to 1589 R. Greene 35 [Lentulus] both conceited the methode, and allowed of the manner. 1596 W. Warner (rev. ed.) ix. xliiii. 211 Yee that conceite such Poemes as more learned not conceaue, Reade not the rest. ?a1676 T. Bell (1692) 9 What but the Aire of Immortality maketh Men so conceit an ancient Pedegree? 1706 D. Defoe Introd. p. ii The Strong unbounded Lust of Sovereign Rule, Makes him Conceit the Prince, forget the Fool. 1786 A. M. Bennett III. 107 I should never conceit a dress that had not afforded the poor devils a few yards for themselves. 1830 C. Lamb in 27 97 That gentlewoman might conceit a favourite chemise that had descended to her. 1832 M. R. Mitford V. 168 I shall never conceit the sight of a perch again. 1876 C. C. Robinson I can't consate that man's face, somehow. 1996 C. I. Macafee 73/1 Consate,..desire, like, have a fancy for..Would you consate a peppermint? the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > form conception [verb (intransitive)] 1589 R. Greene 70 He fell to conceipt but meanlie of Terentia. 1599 i. 581 You shall do me wrong If otherwise you do conceit of me. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero 124 The Italians conceiting marueilous highly of themselues. 1614 T. Adams vi. 308 So Hierome conceiteth on those words. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. iii. 154 One, that so imperfectly conceits [1622 coniects]. 1669 T. Gale ii. viii. 126 The Laurel was..that with which, they conceited, he crowned his head. 1740 T. Morgan III. iii. 214 They had the Angel of the Covenant, or Angel of God's Presence, always with them, as they conceited. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in 2nd Ser. II. 129 Another strain of minstrelsy, and, as the Bonnet-maker conceited, one which approached much nearer. 5. To imagine, fancy; to think; to conceive of. the mind > mental capacity > thought > think or have in mind [verb (transitive)] the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)] ?1589 T. Nashe f. 15v Such a Chaos of common places no apothegmatical Lycosthenes euer conceited. 1599 T. Heywood sig. S4v How can ye once conceit so base a thing. 1633 G. Herbert Faith in ii I did conceit a most delicious feast. 1660 T. Stanley III. v. 143 Body is understood by conceiting a certain vast heap..of magnitude. a1738 H. Grove (1740) IV. iii. 105 This universal King, whatever we may conceit in our great sufficiency, is..wiser. 1784 tr. A. G. Spangenberg 477 Like people that are insane, the one conceiting this and the other thing, and many a one imagines that he is..a great king. 1850 T. De Quincey Conversat. in New Ser. 4 66/1 Whatever France may conceit of herself. 1879 G. F. Jackson ‘Mother..think I shall 'ave 'em [sc. measles]? Dunna yo' go to consait 'em; think nuthin' about it’. 1935 E. R. Eddison xv. 291 Well, it is, as I conceit it, the house of peace. 1590 T. Lodge 37 To conceipt these cates to be a most sumptuous banquet. 1597 J. Carpenter viii. 85 They would be praised in their actions beyond all others, as they conceit themselues to be better then all others. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 193 One of two bad wayes you must conceit me, Either a Coward, or a Flatterer. View more context for this quotation 1627 R. Bernard (ed. 4) ii. 163 He hauing conceited himselfe to be free. a1657 W. Burton (1658) 188 Antiquity conceited this Sea most dangerous. 1729 A. Pope (new ed.) iii. 184 (note) Let not this name..be conceited to mean the learned Olaus Wormius. 1771 tr. J. G. Zimmermann vi. 92 Each conceiting himself a member of the only true religion. 1816 R. Southey in 337 Alfieri began to conceit himself already a poet. 1878 J. R. Seeley III. 565 Conceiting himself to be made of better clay than other men. 1908 M. Kelly (1909) vii. 46 It's the whole army he'll be conceiting himself to be, with his horse and fut, bedad. 1595 A. Copley 20 A Dutchesse was iealious of a faire Gentlewoman, conceipting that she vsed some vnlawfull meanes to distray her Duke to her amitie. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus i. f. 4v Hee had a dreame wherein hee conceited that his brother Smerdes should weare the Diadem after him. 1611 M. Smith in Transl. to Rdr. sig. A3v If any man conceit, that this is the lot and portion of the meane sort onely. 1684 J. Bunyan ii. 141 I conceited he should not kill me. View more context for this quotation 1773 J. Priestley II. 128 Arts of sorcery, which they conceit that he learned in Egypt. 1775 Jan. 42 Conceiting they have conquered the difficulties, which they have only escaped. 1823 T. De Quincey tr. ‘F. Laun’ King of Hayti in Nov. 528/1 Never conceit that I shall lend any the more countenance..to your connexion. 1837 T. C. Haliburton xxxi. 341 I concait you'll find that no joke. 1876 F. K. Robinson I consate you'll be frae Lunnun. 1877 F. Ross et al. Consait, to fancy; to imagine; to form an opinion; frequently used with the affix, ‘ti mysen’, as, ‘Ah awlas consaits ti mysen that Ah can beeld a stack as weel as onny man ĭ' parrish.’ 1915 R. Frazer i. 34 He charged the actor Shakspere.., while making his profit out of Greene's verses, with conceiting that he could make as good himself. 1942 P. Greene i. 38 (stage direction) Crosses to the stairs, not ‘conceiting’ that any answer can follow when he has commanded. Derivatives the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > [noun] > forming of ideas the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] > act of imagining 1563 N. Winȝet (1890) II. 50 The mynd of Origen in the consaiting of the erroure. 1598 J. Dickenson Advt. to Rdr. sig. A3 For thy better conceiting of my intent, know, that it is my wont to walke much from Elysium towardes the mouth of Orcus. 1641 J. Milton 3 From her pervers conceiting of God, and holy things, she had faln to beleeve no God at all. 1741 S. Chandler i. viii. 242 Abraham had a very good Knack at Conceiting. 1921 G. Saintsbury III. 83 Not a very happy ‘conceiting’ of the fact that in a millennium and a half the Julian reckoning had got ten days behindhand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1393 v.1557 |
