preconceit

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ conceit.

Noun

preconceit (plural preconceits)

1. (obsolete) An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception.
   • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     through their misfashioned preconceit

Verb

preconceit (third-person singular simple present preconceits, present participle preconceiting, simple past and past participle preconceited)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To preconceive.

Further reading

• “preconceit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• encopretic