An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
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1. That in which any thing is contained; a vessel; a receiver, or receptacle.
1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle.
2. A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.
3. One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.
The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness.
That may be conceived; conceivable; intelligible. [Not used.]
Capable of being conceived; conceivable.
1. The act of conceiving; the first formation of the embryo or fetus of an animal.
2. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception Genesis 3:16 .
3. The state of being conceived.
4. Joy had the like conception in our eyes.
5. In pneumatology, apprehension of nay thing by the mind; the act of conceiving in the mind; that mental act or combination of acts by which an idea or notion is formed of an absent object of perception, or of a sensation formerly felt. When we see an object with our eyes open, we have a perception of it; when the same object is presented to the mind with the eyes shut, in idea only or in memory, we have a conception of it.
6. conception may be sometimes used for the power of conceiving ideas, as when we say, a thing is not within our conception Some writers have defined conception as a distinct faculty of the mind; but it is considered by others as memory, and perhaps with propriety.
7. Purpose conceived; conception with reference to the performance of an act.
8. Apprehension; knowledge.
9. And as if beasts conceived what reason were, and that conception should distinctly show.
10. Conceit; affected sentiment, or thought.
11. He is too full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms.
2. The state of being conceived; beginning.
3. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.
4. The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.
5. The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.
6. Idea; purpose; design.
7. Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.
Pertaining to conception.
Apt to conceive; fruitful; pregnant. [Not now used.]
Apt to conceive; fruitful.
Capable of conceiving. [Little used.]
Capable of conceiving.
Pertaining to conception.
A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects.
One who maintains the theory of conceptualism.
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3 KJV and 1 BSB verses contain “Concept”
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”