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   Conceit , 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.]
   That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
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   In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous.
   Bacon.
   
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   A man wise in his own conceit.
   Prov. xxvi. 12.
   
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   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 conceit open to understand them.
   Sir P. Sidney.
   
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   Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
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   His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet.
   Shak.
   
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   A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quaint 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 conceit.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   Some to conceit alone their works confine,
   And glittering thoughts struck out at every line.
   Pope.
   
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   Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature.
   Dryden.
   
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   An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
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   Plumed with conceit he calls aloud.
   Cotton.
   
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   Design; pattern. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   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.
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   Conceit , v. t. To conceive; to imagine. [Archaic]
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   The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so.
   South.
   
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   One of two bad ways you must conceit me,
   Either a coward or a flatterer.
   Shak.
   
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   Conceit, v. i. To form an idea; to think. [Obs.]
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   Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes.
   Milton.
   
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