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Miss Elvira was also in the throes of conceptive genius.

From Blue-grass and Broadway by Daviess, Maria Thompson

Does not this cast a light upon the conceptive and receptive powers of the eye.

From Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men by Harris, John William

There can scarcely be a stronger instance of the power of such a child's conceptive faculty than in his own attempts to draw.

From Household Education by Martineau, Harriet

In the case of Ellish, it proceeded from both; her mind was apt, vigorous, and conceptive; her body active, her manners bland and insinuating, and her penetration almost intuitive.

From Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

They were not, therefore, deterred by the vacuity and poor conceptive faculty of the artists from employing them.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington