conceitedly 
conceitedly (k<m-s6'ted-li), m/r. If. Wittily; 
ingeniously. 
You have so <>,, //,,//,, -our Lryniiil me, 
And made so law u-e o! a h-mler yift. 
Muiiii,i,,i icni'i " /.',;/,,, ), U*yor of Qncrabcmach, in I 
2f. Fiincifully ; whimsically. 
Conct'itettli/ dress her. li^mf. 
3. In a conceited manner: uilh vanity or ego- 
tism : as, he spoke r0<Y'i///i/ of his attainments, 
conceitedness (kon-sg'ted-ne*), . Tin- state or 
<|imlity of hcini; conceited: mi overweening 
estimate of one's self, especially of oner's men- 
tal ability; conceit. 
Kcir spiritual pride, rmirritnhieiu ill Religion, :in<l a Spirit 
nf contradiction tu Siiperiouis, :ir,. t,> I,,- rcckoncil among 
some of the worst Symptom* n! ;i .l.-rlinin^ I 'Imrrh. 
,SVl//,,i;//l.v/, Sermons, II. I. 
At arrogance :unl nut it. /. .< of our own abilities are 
very HhockinK ami olteiisive to men ot MOM ami virtue, 
c niiij- In' very nun- they arc highly displeasing to tliiit 
llchiK who delights in a hiuiibli- niiml. 
Addiavn, Spectator, No. tit. 
=8yn. Sot- f'pttigm. 
conceitlesst (kon-set'les), a. [< conceit + -Ien8.~\ 
Without conception; dull of imagination or 
comprehension; stupid; slow of apprehension ; 
silly. 
Think'st tliou I am so shallow, so cnnceitle*l, 
'I'o ! seduced I. \ till MilttiT> '. 
Shak., T. G. of V., iv. '2. 
conceivability (kon-se-va-bil'i-ti), n. [< con- 
ci-ii-idili' : see -liilii;/.'] Capability of conveying 
a meaning; capability of being supposed with- 
out self-contradiction or contradiction of some- 
tliino; (irmly believed; imaginability. 
It is not a question of probability, or credibility, but of 
Cti/li'i'il-n/'ilitl/. i:\prrilllrnt pn.\r.-* that till' I. nirnU i.f 
these hypotheses cannot even be put together in con- 
sciousness; anil we can entertain them only as we enter- 
tain such pseud-ideas as a square fluid anil a moral sub- 
stance. //. Spencer, First Principles, 8 11. 
The test of conceivability, the asserted principle that 
every clear and distinct conception is ti ue. 
conceivable (kon-se'va-bl), . [= F. conccvable 
= Sp. coiiri'liilile; as conceive + -able.'] Capa- 
ble of being conceived, thought, or understood ; 
supposable ; thinkable. 
Whereby any conceivable weight may be moved by any 
conceivable power. />';>. WUkiii*. 
If ... those propositions only are conceivable of which 
subject and predicate are capable of unity of representa- 
tion, then is the subjectivity of space inconceivable. 
//. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol. 
The Inconceivable by us, but still conceivable by others, 
has a much closer affinity to the conceivable by us than it 
has to the absolutely contradictory. 
Ferrier, Institutes, Int., i 69. 
It is conceivable that the general pattern of an organ 
might become so much obscured as to be finally lost. 
Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 39*2, 
No conceivable decay of Christianity could bring back a 
primitive way of thinking which had been outgrown long 
before Christianity appeared. 
J. S. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 75. 
conceivableness (kon-se'va-bl-nes), n. The 
quality of being conceivable; conceivability. 
H. Spencer. 
conceivably (kon-se'va-bli), adv. In a con- 
ceivable, supposable, or intelligible manner; 
possibly. 
conceive (kon-seV), r. ; pret. and pp. conceived, 
ppr. conceiving. [Early mod. E. also conceeve, 
conceyve, < ME. conceiven.conceyven, conceren, 
conseyven, consayven, < OP. concever, conciver, 
concevoir, F. concevoir = Pr. concebre = Sp. con- 
cebir = Pg. conceber = It. eoncepere, concepire, 
concipcre, < L. concipere, take in, receive, con- 
ceive, become pregnant, etc., < com-, together, 
+ capere, take, = E. heave, raise: see capable, 
captive, accept, etc. Cf. deceive, perceive, re- 
ceive. Hence tilt, conceit, concept, concetto.'} 
I. trans. 1. To apprehend in the mind; form 
a distinct and correct notion of, or a notion 
which is not absurd : as, we cannot conceive an 
effect without a cause. 
Write not what cannot he with ease conceiv'd; 
Some truths may be too strong to be bellev'd. 
Dryrlcn, Art of Poetry, iii. 475. 
When we do our utmost to conceive the existence of ex- 
ternal bodies, we are all the while only conteraplatlngour 
own ideas. Hut the mind, taking no notice of itself, is 
deluded to think it can and doth conceive bodies existing 
unthought-of or without the mind ; though at the same 
time they are apprehended by or exist in itself. 
Bp. Berkeley, Human Knowledge, 23. 
To conceive a round square, or to conceive a body all 
black and yet all white, would only be to romviiv two 
different sensations as produced in us simultaneously hy 
the same object : a conception familiar to our experie no* ; 
and we should probably be as well able to conceive a round 
square as a hard square, or a heavy square, if it were not 
that, in our uniform experience, at the instant when a 
thin 1 .: liruins to lie round it ceases to lie square, so that 
the beginning of the one impression is inseparably asso- 
ciated with the departure or cessation of tile other. 
J. S. Mitt. 
\W eamiot . one aii iii'lmdual without ill the same 
art implying aclasx to whirh it Inlon^. a in! a latter class 
from h'ieh it in distinguished. 
<.. II !. r lafe ami Mm. I II. il. I 14. 
\l i- -until \mrii.all tlilirs 1,,,, \*r timl rvi.h m i 
tliat the seeonil lil, .invaliril roiiliinia 
ti I tin- tlrst. //. >>.,!, Prill. ..1 Siciol., I 101. 
2. To form as a general notion in the mind; 
represent in a general notion or ciinccpiii.n in 
the mind: hence, design; plan; devise. 
Ncliuchadrezsar . . . hath conceived a purpose a: 
you. Jer. xlix. :*i. 
What he U, indeed, 
More suits you to conceit*, than I to uprak of. 
AWL, A. you Like It, I. 2. 
The Thought of the i,.,],l. n Compasses Is ronceie'd alto- 
gi-ther in Mom,. i , S|,irit, and is a very noiili- Imi.lent m 
this lerful Ih-si nption .{<l:li*un, .Spectator. No. :::.'.'. 
It was among the niius of the Capit..! that I first con- 
i work whieh has aimiftod ami f\iiii-<l 
near twenty years of my life. 
Oitbvn, Decline and Fall, Ixxi. 
3. To hold as an opinion; think; suppose; be- 
lieve. 
When we would express our opinion modestly, instead 
ot saying, "Tills is my opinion, or '"rills Is uiy judg- 
ment,' ubieh has the air of dogmaticaluess, we say, "I 
(M it to be thus I imagine or apprehend It to be 
thus" whieb is understood as a modest declaration of our 
judgment. lull Hi -i -dial Powers, p. ID. 
There arc persons who act mainly from self interest at 
timrs \\ h. n i]n\ niitreir, they are doing generous or vir- 
tuous actions. J. II. .Wurman, Parochial s,-nnon.s, i. 44. 
4. To admit into the mind; have a sense or 
impression of ; feel; experience. 
To stop up the displeasure he hath conrrimd against 
your son, there Is no fitter matter. Shalt. , All's Well, Iv. 6. 
Such a pleasure as incaged birds 
Conceive. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., IT. 6. 
6. To formulate in words; express: as, he re- 
ceived a letter conceived in the following terms. 
That an accion of dette be mayntend aycnst hur, to le 
conceyped after the custom of the seid cite. 
Kn,ili,h VUtlt (E. E. T. S ), p. 382. 
6f. To understand. 
"I bane no kynde knowyng " [natural understanding], 
qumt I, "to <-,,/,-,////. alle 3owre wordes, 
Ac if 1 may lyue and hike I ahal go lerne bettere." 
I'itn Plowman (II), Till 57. 
Nay, conceive me, conceive me, sweet coz. . . . Can you 
love the maid? Shak., M. W. of W., i. 1. 
7. To become pregnant with ; bring into exis- 
tence in the womb in an embryonic state. 
She hath also conceived a sou in her old age. Luke i. 36. 
A sinful man, conceived and born in sin. 
Tennyson, St. Simeon Stylites. 
8f. To generate ; give rise to ; bring into exis- 
tence. 
Sory we are that . . . ther should any differance at all 
be conceived betwecne us. 
Quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 62. 
II. intrann. 1. To take in a mental image; 
have or form a conception or idea ; have appre- 
hension ; think : with of. 
I can better conceive of them with my mind, than speak 
of them with my tongue. 
Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 88. 
Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own na- 
tures ; conceive, of things completely in all their parts. 
Walti, Logic. 
2f. To hold an opinion : with of. 
The griev'd commons 
Hardly conceive of me ; let it be m .is ,1 
That through our intercession this revokement 
And pardon comes. Shale., Hen. VIII., L 2. 
3t. To understand. 
Plainly conceive, I love you. Shak., M. for M., ii. 4. 
4. To become pregnant. 
Thou shalt i-mirrin; and bear a son. Judges xlli. 8. 
conceive! (kon-se'ver), n. One who conceives. 
Though hereof prudent symbols and pious allegories be 
made by wiser conceive-rg, yet common heads will fly unto 
superstitious applications. Sir T. Brotrne, Vulg. Err. 
COncelebratet (kon-sel'e-brat), r . t. [< L. con- 
celebratim, pp. of concel'ebrare (> F. concelebrer 
= Sp. Pg. concelebrar), celebrate together, < 
com-, together, + celebrare, celebrate : see cele- 
brate.] To celebrate together. Sherwood. 
Wherein the wives ot Amnites solemnly 
Concelebrate their high feasts Bacchanall. 
llnllintil, tr. of Carnden, II. 231. 
COncentt (kon-sent')) n. [< L. concentus, har- 
mony, < concinere, pp. *concentns, sing together, 
< com-, together, 4- canere, sing: see can< 2 , 
chant."] 1. Concert; concord, especially of 
sounds ; harmony. 
Yourmnslc . . . 
Is your true rapture : when there is concent 
In face, In voice, and clothes. 
B. Joruon, Volpone, iii. 2. 
That undisturbed song of pure concent. 
Milton, Solemn Music, 1. 6. 
concentrated 
2. Consistency: aeenrdanee. 
I ' i..f <, ll|r 
I. r Ihell tile eolnlM 
collllt. I'm, 'lull, riluntnaue, p. 108. 
In ,>,,>,-, -ni to his ow n prineiples. r.j,. .\t 
COncentt (k;n-seni' . r. /. [< t-nm-inl, n.} To 
cause t' aei'iii-d : harmonize. 
r.r U WiSC Wllllls. With till 
t'. IV. II. 2. 
concenter, concentre fk<>n sen'ter). t.; iiret. 
and pp. IDIIII nil a il.iinin n i fill, ppr.'-o. 
1-nnn iilfinil. [= \).rnni'i nlfi ri ii --<* 
rt-n = Dun. /<. niri-rr = Hw. // H/I./VI. < F. 
ronw(rfr = Hp. IV- <<< nirur=. It. /(/ 
< L. aa if ire, < K. <,-. tn^etlier, -t- 
'centnu: . center t found once in I.I,, pp. r. ntni- 
tn.i, centered, cent rul), < nut nun, i-i-nter: gee 
center 1 .] I. trim*. To draw or direct to a com- 
mon center; bring together ; concentrate; cen- 
ter; focus. 
That Providence who . . . concentre* all the variety of 
nccldent:i into Ins own glory. 
ft*!*, Works (ed. 1836), I. Z74. 
My breast 
Concentre* all the terrors of the rniverac. 
M'unfxinirrA, The Hordcreri, U. 
By no other inti-llcctiial application is the soul thni rc- 
tlerteil on it.-elf, and its faeulticn ,,,, i, I ,'*! in Hlleli im!> 
pi-mlent, vigorouh, nnwonii.l, an<l lontn ..... us , nergy. 
The wretch, arncentred all In self, 
Living, shall forfeit fair n IIOHII. 
it, I., of I.. M , Int. toYl. 
H. intranx. To converge to or meet in a com- 
mon center ; combine or conjoin in one object ; 
center; focus. 
God, In whom all perfections concentre. 
Bp. Bevtrid'je , Sermons, I. xil. 
concentfult (kon-sent'ful), a. [< concent + 
//.] Harmonious; concordant. 
So conctntful an harmony. 
Futherby, Atheomastlx, p. 296. 
concentralization (kon-sen'tral-i-za'shon), n. 
[< COM- + nntriili;<ition.~\ The'act of bringing 
or the state of being brought to or toward a 
common center. [Kare.] 
Employing the word ciincentralizatHnt t/> express the de- 
gree of the drawing together as we come back toward the 
center from an outward position, we may say that concen- 
tralization proceeds inversely as the squares of the dis- 
tances. Poe, Eureka. 
concentrate (kpn-sen'trat or kon'sen-trat), v. ; 
pret. and pp. concentrated, ppr. concentrating. 
[< L. as if "concentratus, pp. of 'concentrare : 
see concenter.] I. trans. 1. To bring or draw 
to a common center or point of union ; cause 
to come close together ; bring to bear on one 
point ; direct toward one object ; focus : both 
in literal and in figurative uses. 
He hastily concentrated his whole force at his own camp. 
Motley. 
Love and all the passions concentrate, all existence around 
a single form. Emenun, Essays, 1st scr., p. 320. 
Cologne Cathedral, the last of the great mcdieeval works, 
remained unfinished while the whole energies of Europe 
were concentrated upon the church of St. Peter at Rome. 
Lecty, Rationalism, I. _';:>. 
Hence 2. To intensify the action of, as by 
bringing it to bear upon one point; render 
more intense the properties of, as by removing 
foreign weakening or adulterating elements; 
specifically, in chem., to render more intense or 
pure by removing or reducing the proportion 
of what is foreign or inessential ; rectify. 
Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its great- 
est strength. Artntthnot, Aliments. 
3. In mining, to separate (ore or metal) from 
the gangue or rock with which it is associated 
in the lode. See dress, 5 (). 
II. intrans. 1. To approach or meet in or 
around a common point or center : as, the 
clouds rapidly concentrated in a dense mass. 
2. To become more intense or pure. See I., 2. 
concentrate (kon-sen'trat or kon'sen-trat), a. 
and ii. [< L. as if 'concentratus : see the verb.] 
I. a. Reduced to a pure or intense state ; con- 
centrated. 
II. n. That which has been reduced to a 
state of purity or concentration by the removal 
of foreign, non-essential, or diluting matter. 
This sand, before going to waste, was treated on a con- 
centrator ; and from the product or concentrate the greater 
part of escaped gold could have been extracted by chlorine. 
Science, V. 419. 
concentrated (kon-sen'tra-ted or kon'sen- 
tra-ted), ;. a. "[Pp. of concentrate, r.] 1. 
Brought to a common point or center. 2. In- 
creased in strength or purity by concentration : 
as, a concentrated solution of morphia; conceit- 
