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Con*ceit" (?), n. [Through French, fr. L.
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In laughing, there ever procedeth a
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A man wise in his own
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2. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Obs.]
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How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my
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3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
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His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more
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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.
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On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a
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Some to
And glittering thoughts struck out at every line.
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Tasso is full of
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5. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
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Plumed with
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6. Design; pattern. [Obs.]
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Con*ceit" (?), v. t. To conceive; to imagine. [Archaic]
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The strong, by
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One of two bad ways you must
Either a coward or a flatterer.
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Con*ceit", v. i. To form an idea; to think. [Obs.]
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Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions
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