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CONCEIT, n. [L., to take or seize.]

1. Conception; that which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image.

In laughing there ever precedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous, and therefore it is proper to man.

2. Understanding; power or faculty of conceiving; apprehension; as a man of quick conceit. [Nearly antiquated.]

How often did her eyes say to me, that they loved! Yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them.

3. Opinion; notion; fancy; imagination; fantastic notion; as a strange or odd conceit.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Proverbs 26.

4. Pleasant fancy; gayety of imagination.

On the way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit.

5. A striking thought; affected or unnatural conception.

Some to conceit alone their works confine.

6. Favorable or self-flattering opinion; a lofty or vain conception of ones own person or accomplishments.

By a little study and a great conceit of himself, he has lost his religion.

Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; no longer pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. Hence to put one out of conceit with, is to make him indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.

CONCEIT, v.t. To conceive; to imagine; to think; to fancy.

The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, thereby rendered inactive.


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CONCEIT, n. [L., to take or seize.]

1. Conception; that which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image.

In laughing there ever precedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous, and therefore it is proper to man.

2. Understanding; power or faculty of conceiving; apprehension; as a man of quick conceit. [Nearly antiquated.]

How often did her eyes say to me, that they loved! Yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them.

3. Opinion; notion; fancy; imagination; fantastic notion; as a strange or odd conceit.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Proverbs 26.

4. Pleasant fancy; gayety of imagination.

On the way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit.

5. A striking thought; affected or unnatural conception.

Some to conceit alone their works confine.

6. Favorable or self-flattering opinion; a lofty or vain conception of ones own person or accomplishments.

By a little study and a great conceit of himself, he has lost his religion.

Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; no longer pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. Hence to put one out of conceit with, is to make him indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.

CONCEIT, v.t. To conceive; to imagine; to think; to fancy.

The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, thereby rendered inactive.

CON-CEIT', n. [It. concetto; Sp. concepto; Port. conceito; L. conceptus, from concipio, to conceive; con and capio, to take or seize.]

  1. Conception; that which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image. In laughing there ever precedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous, and therefore it is proper to man. – Bacon.
  2. Understanding; power or faculty of conceiving; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Nearly antiquated.] How often did her eyes say to me, that they loved! yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them. – Sidney.
  3. Opinion; notion; fancy; imagination; fantastic notion; as, a strange or odd conceit. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. – Prov. xxvi.
  4. Pleasant fancy; gayety of imagination. On the way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit. – L'Estrange.
  5. A striking thought; affected or unnatural conception. Some to conceit alone their works confine. – Pope.
  6. Favorable or self-flattering opinion; a lofty or vain conception of one's own person or accomplishments. By a little study and a great conceit of himself, he has lost his religion. – Bentley. Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; no longer pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. Hence to put one out of conceit with, is to make him indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it. – Tillotson. Swift.

CON-CEIT', v.t.

To conceive; to imagine; to think; to fancy. The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are thereby rendered inactive. – South.


Con*ceit"
  1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

    In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous.
    Bacon.

    A man wise in his own conceit.
    Prov. xxvi. 12.

  2. To conceive; to imagine.

    [Archaic]

    The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so.
    South.

    One of two bad ways you must conceit me,
    Either a coward or a flatterer.
    Shak.

  3. To form an idea; to think.

    [Obs.]

    Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes.
    Milton.

  4. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.

    [Obs.]

    How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them.
    Sir P. Sidney.

  5. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

    His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet.
    Shak.

  6. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.

    On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit.
    L'Estrange.

    Some to conceit alone their works confine,
    And glittering thoughts struck out at every line.
    Pope.

    Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature.
    Dryden.

  7. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

    Plumed with conceit he calls aloud.
    Cotton.

  8. Design; pattern.

    [Obs.] Shak.

    In conceit with, in accord with; agreeing or conforming. -- Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. -- To put [one] out of conceit with, to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.

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Conceit

CONCEIT, noun [Latin , to take or seize.]

1. Conception; that which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image.

In laughing there ever precedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous, and therefore it is proper to man.

2. Understanding; power or faculty of conceiving; apprehension; as a man of quick conceit [Nearly antiquated.]

How often did her eyes say to me, that they loved! Yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them.

3. Opinion; notion; fancy; imagination; fantastic notion; as a strange or odd conceit

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Proverbs 26:5.

4. Pleasant fancy; gayety of imagination.

On the way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit

5. A striking thought; affected or unnatural conception.

Some to conceit alone their works confine.

6. Favorable or self-flattering opinion; a lofty or vain conception of ones own person or accomplishments.

By a little study and a great conceit of himself, he has lost his religion.

Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; no longer pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. Hence to put one out of conceit with, is to make him indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.

CONCEIT, verb transitive To conceive; to imagine; to think; to fancy.

The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, thereby rendered inactive.

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