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Webster 1913 Edition
Concept
Con′cept
,Noun.
[L.
conceptus
(cf. neut. conceptum
fetus), p. p. of concipere
to conceive: cf. F. concept
. See Conceit
.] An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
The words
conception
, concept
, notion
, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term. Sir W. Hamilton.