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6. Idea; purpose; design.

Note this dangerous conception.

Shak.

7. Conceit; affected sentiment or
thought. [Obs.]

He . . . is full of conceptions, points of
epigram, and witticism.

Dryden.

Syn. -- Idea; notion; perception; apprehemsion;
comprehension.

Con*cep"tion*al (?), a.
Pertaining to conception.

Con*cep"tion*al*ist, n. A
conceptualist.

Con*cep"tious, a. Apt to
conceive; fruitful. [Obs.] Shak.

Con*cep"tive (?), a. [Cf. F.
conceptif, L. conceptivus.] Capable of
conceiving. Sir T. Browne

Con*cep"tu*al (?), a.
Pertaining to conception.

Con*cep"tu*al*ism (?), n.
(Metaph.) A theory, intermediate between realism and
nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself
general conceptions of individual or single objects.
Stewart.

Con*cep"tu*al*ist, n.


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