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preconceived


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Preconceive  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  preconceived 
  adj  :  (of  an  idea  or  opinion)  formed  beforehand;  especially 
  without  evidence  or  through  prejudice:  "certain 
  preconceived  notions" 




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