4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conceit \Con*ceit"\, n. [Through French, fr L. conceptus a
conceiving, conception, fr concipere to conceive: cf OF p.
p. nom. conciez conceived. See {Conceive}, and cf {Concept},
{Deceit}.]
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. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. An overweening idea of one's self vanity.
Plumed with conceit he calls aloud. --Cotton.
6. 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conceit \Con*ceit"\, v. i.
To form an idea; to think. [Obs.]
Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low
of matrimonial purposes. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conceit \Con*ceit"\, v. t.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
conceit
n 1: feelings of excessive pride [syn: {amour propre}, {self-love},
{vanity}]
2: the trait of being vain and conceited [syn: {vanity}]
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