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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preconceive \Pre`con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Preconceived}; p. pr & vb n. {Preconceiving}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
preconceived
adj : (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially
without evidence or through prejudice: "certain
preconceived notions"
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