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To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of.

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  1. v. t. To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of.
  2. v. conceive beforehand
  3. To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of. In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth. Bacon.
  4. To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form aprevious notion or idea of.In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hathpreconceived it shorter than the truth. Bacon.
  5. v. conceive beforehand