PRECONCEIVE

preconceive. Preconceive, v.t. to concert or settle beforehand

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Pre′con‐ceive″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preconceived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Preconceiving.] 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.