Category:Preconceive

Pre`con*ceive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Preconceiving.]

Defn: 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.