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■CONCEAL'ABLE, Wj. Capable of being concealed; 
pofiible to be kept lecret, or hid.—Returning a lye unto 
Ins Maker, and prefuming to put off the learcher of liearts, 
he denied the omnifciency of God, wliereunto there is no¬ 
thing concealable. Brown. 
CONCEAL'EDNESS,/ The Aate of being concealed ; 
privacy; obfeurity. 
CONCEAL/ER,/ He that conceals anything.—They 
v. ere to undergo the penalty of forgery, and the concealer 
of the crime was equally guilty. Clarendon. 
CONCEAL'MENT, / The a6t of hiding; fecrecjo— 
Few own fuch fentiments; yet this concealment derives 
rather from the fear of man than of air/ Being above. 
Glanville. —The date of being hid ; privacy; delitefcence. 
—-A perfon of great abilities is zealous for the good of 
mankind, and as folicitous for the concealment as the per¬ 
formance of illuftrious actions, Addifon. —Hiding-place; 
ret.r§at; cover; fhelter : 
The cleft tree 
Offers its kind concealment to a few, 
Their food its infetds, and its niofs their nefts. Thomfon. 
To CONCE'DE, v. a. \_concedo, Lat.] To yield ; to ad¬ 
mit; to grant; to let pais undifputed. 
To CONCE'DE, v. n. To allow. — We concede, that their 
citizens were happier than thofe that lived under different 
forms. Burke. 
CONCENT, f. [concept , Fr. conceptus , Lat.] Concep¬ 
tion; thought; idea; image in the mind.—In laughing 
there ever precedeth a conceit offomewhat ridiculous, and 
therefore it is proper to man. Bacon. 
His grace looks cheerfully and fmootli this morning; 
There’s fome conceit , or other, likes him well, 
When that he bids good-morrow with fuch fpirit. Shake/. 
Underftanding; readinefs of apprehenfion.—I Avail be 
found of quick conceit in judgment, and (hall be admired. 
Wifdom, viii. n.—Opinion, generally in a lenfe of con¬ 
tempt; fancy; imagination; fantaflical notion.—Strong 
conceit , like a new principle, carries all ealiiy with it, 
when yet above common fenfe. Locke. 
I know not how conceit may rob 
The treafury of life, when life itfelf 
Yields to the theft. Shakefpeare. 
Opinion, in a neutral fenfe.—Seeft thou a man wife in his 
own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 
Proverbs, xxvi. 12.—Pleafant fancy; gaiety of imagina¬ 
tion ; acutenefs.—His wit is as thick as Tewkfbury muf- 
tard : there is no more conceit in him than is in a mallet. 
Shakefpeare^— Sentiment, as diflinguilhed from imagery: 
Some to conceit alone their works confine, 
And glitt’ring thoughts (truck out at ev’ry line. Pope, 
Fondnefs ; favourable opinion : opinionative pride.—Since 
by a little fludying in learning, and great conceit oh hira- 
felf, lie lias lofl his religion ; may he find it again by 
harder ltudy, under humbler truth. Bentley. — Out of con¬ 
ceit with, no longer fond of.—What hath chiefly put me 
out of conceit with this moving manner, is the fiequent 
difappointment. Swift. 
To CONCENT, v. a. To conceive; to imagine; to 
think; to believe.—The ftrong, by conceiting thenyfelves 
weak, are thereby rendered as unaftive, and confequentiy 
as ufelefs, as if they really were fo. South. 
One of two bad ways you muft conceit me, 
Either a coward, or a flatterer. Sbakefpcare. 
CONCEITED, part. adj. Endowed with fancy.—He 
was of countenance amiable, of feature comely, active of 
body, pleafantly conceited, and fharp of wit. Knolles. — 
Proud; fond of himfelf; opinionative] affefted; fantaf- 
tical.—There is another extreme in obfeure writers, 
which feme empty conceited heads are apt to run into, out 
of a prodigality of words, and a want of fenfe', Felton _ 
With of before the objeft of conceit_Every man is build- 
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ing a feveral way, Impotently conceited of his own model 
and Ids own materials. Dryden. 
CONCEITEDLY, adv. Fancifully; whimfically: 
Conceitedly drefs her, and be ailign’d 
By you fit place for every flower and jewel: 
Make her for love fit fuel. Donne. 
CONCEITEDNESS,/ Pride; opinionativenefs; fond- 
nefs of himfelf.—When men think none worthy efteern, 
but fuch as claim under their own pretences, partiality and 
conceit ednefs^ make them give the pre-eminence. CcCUer. 
CONCEIT'LESS, d(lj! Stupid; without thought; dull 
of apprehenfion : 
Think’ll thou I am fo fir allow, fo conccitlefs, 
To be feduced by thy flattery ? Shakefpeare. 
CONCEIV'ABLE, adj. That may be imagined or 
thought.—If it were poflible to contrive ■an invention, 
whereby any conceivable weight may be moved by any con¬ 
ceivable power, with the fame quicknefs, without other in- 
ftrument, the works of nature would be too much fubjeCt 
to art. Wilkins. —That may be underftood or believed.— 
The freezing of the words in the air, in the northern cli¬ 
mes, is as conceivable as this ftrange union. Glanville. 
CONCEIV'ABLENESS,/ The quality of being con¬ 
ceivable. 
CONCEIV'ABLY, adv. In a conceivable or intelligi¬ 
ble manner. 
To CONCE'IVE, v. a. \concevoir, Fr. concipere, Lat.] 
To admit into the womb; to form in tiie womb.—I was 
fliapen in iniquity, and in fin did my mother conceive me. 
Pfalm li. 5.—To form the mind; to imagine.—Nebuchad¬ 
nezzar hath conceived a purpofe againli you. Jeremiah. — 
To comprehend; to underftand; as, he conceives the whole 
fyfem; 
This kifs, if it durft fpeak. 
Would flretch thy fpirits up into the air: 
Conceive, and fare thee well. Shakefpeare. 
To think ; to be of opinion_»If you compare my gentle¬ 
men with fir John, you will hardly conceive him to have 
been bred in the lame climate. Swift. 
To CONCE'IVE, v. n. To think ; to have an idea of.-— 
Conceive of things clearly and diTtinCtly in their own na¬ 
tures; conceive of tilings completely in ali their parts; 
conceive of things comprehenfivejy in ail their properties 
and relations; conceive of things extenfively in all their 
kinds; conceive of things orderly, or in a proper method. 
Watts. 
O what avails me now that honour high, 
To have conceiv'd of God ! or that falute. 
Hail, highly-favour’d, among women blell. Milton. 
To become pregnant. — The flocks iliould conceive wheu 
they came to drink. Genejis. 
The beauteous maid, whom he beheld, poflefs’d: 
Conceiving as (lie flept, her fruitful womb 
Swell’d with the founder of immortal Rome, Addifon. 
CONCENVER, f One that underflands or appro 
hends.—Though hereof prudent fymbols and pious alle¬ 
gories be made by wifer conceivers, yet common heads 
will fly unto fuperftitious applications; Brown. 
CONCEITING,/. Apprehenfion-: 
Cadwall 
Strikes life into my fpeech, and (hews much more 
His own conceiving. Shakefpeare, 
CONCEL'HO de ANCrAENS, a town of Portugal, iu 
the province of Tra-los-Montes: eight miles wefl-north- 
weft of Mirandela. 
CONCELTIO de JALES, a town of Portugal, in the 
province of Tra-los-Montes: ten miles welt- loath-well 
of Mirandela. 
CONCELLA'NA, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of 
Naples, and province, of Bafilicata : five miles iouth of 
Acerenza. 
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