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English Dictionary: conceit	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for conceit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conceit n feelings of excessive pride [syn: amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity] an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit" an artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree" the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride Synonym(s): conceit, conceitedness, vanity Antonym(s): humbleness, humility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conceit \Conceit"\, v. t. To conceive; to imagine. [Archaic] The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so. --South. One of two bad ways you must conceit* me, Either a coward or a flatterer. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conceit \Conceit"\, v. i. To form an idea; to think. [Obs.] Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit* but low of matrimonial purposes. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conceit \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}.] 1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception. In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit* of somewhat ridiculous. --Bacon. A man wise in his own conceit. --Prov. xxvi. 12. 2. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Obs.] 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. 3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy. His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet. --Shak. 4. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip. On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit. --L'Estrange. Some to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line. --Pope. Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature. --Dryden. 5. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity. Plumed with conceit he calls aloud. --Cotton. 6. Design; pattern. [Obs.] --Shak. {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.