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单词 preconceive
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preconceivev.

Brit. /ˌpriːkənˈsiːv/, U.S. /ˌprikənˈsiv/
Forms: 1500s preconceiue, 1500s preconceyue, 1600s– preconceive, 1700s praeconceive.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, conceive v.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + conceive v. Compare post-classical Latin preconcipere to imagine beforehand (frequently from c1200 in British sources).
transitive. To conceive or imagine beforehand; to form (an idea about something) in anticipation of one's actual knowledge or experience.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] > beforehand
foreconceive1556
preconceive1559
pre-imagine?1610
prefigure1626
preconceit1698
1559 Quenes Maiesties Passage through Citie of Lond. a2v This her graces louing behauiour preconceiued in the peoples heades vpon these consideracions was then throughly confirmed.
1597 F. Bacon Ess. v. f. 22 In a dead playne, the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath preconceyued it shorter then the truth.
a1687 W. Petty Papers (1927) II. 117 Do they beleive that God made Heaven and Earth and Man and all Creatures for any use or End, preconceived or designed before their making?
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. i. 37 The great Architect of the world præconceived and foreknew what he would make.
1791 Times 13 Apr. 1/4 No human wisdom in the House pre-conceive its conclusion.
1816 J. Austen Emma III. v. 74 Jane's alertness in moving, proved her as ready as her aunt had preconceived . View more context for this quotation
1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 3 Feb. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) ii. 55 The Coliseum was very much what I had pre-conceived it.
1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art ii. 15 The result to be obtained is preconceived or thought out before being arrived at.
2004 World Mag. (Nexis) 26 June If rather than preconceiving the Christian life as a program, he were to yield his life..to the prompting of the Spirit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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