Conceit /(?)/
Con·ceit
Conceit
n.
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That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous.
A man wise in his own conceit.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Some to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line.
Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature.
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An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
Plumed with conceit he calls aloud.
- Design; pattern. [Obs.]
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.
Conceit
v. t.
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To conceive; to imagine. [Archaic]
The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so.
One of two bad ways you must conceit me, Either a coward or a flatterer.
Conceit
v. i.
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To form an idea; to think. [Obs.]
Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes.