conception
noun
the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
conceptive
-
a word derived from
conception.
Example Sentences
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I have spoken of only the early stage of the activity of the conceptive faculties.
From Household Education by Harriet Martineau
The conceptive power is shown, as Binet and Féré remark, by the fact that our imagination has done away with the end of a nerve which should be seen at every instant of our lives.
From Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men by John William Harris
The most practiced intellect is not exempt from the universal laws of our conceptive faculty.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill
Miss Elvira was also in the throes of conceptive genius.
From Blue-grass and Broadway by Maria Thompson Daviess
The conceptive faculty working with a perception of facts singularly narrow and imperfect, projected every idea boldly into the sphere of the actual.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge
