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Conceive :: Conceive (v. i.) To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of..

Species :: Species (n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species..

Depth :: Depth (n.) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.

Promerphological :: Promerphological (a.) Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception..

Notionally :: Notionally (adv.) In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.

Form :: Form (n.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law..

Universal :: Universal (n.) A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it..

Matter :: Matter (n.) That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.

Grand :: Grand (superl.) Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception..

Thought :: Thought (n.) That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention..

Perception :: Perception (n.) The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception..

Uterogestation :: Uterogestation (n.) Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.

Notion :: Notion () Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae..

Entelechy :: Entelechy (n.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence..

Conception :: Conception (n.) Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.

Realism :: Realism (n.) As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle)..

Superfice :: Superfete (v. t.) To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception.

Imagination :: Imagination (n.) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.

Conceit :: Conceit (n.) That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception..

Preraphaelitism :: Preraphaelitism (n.) The doctrine or practice of a school of modern painters who profess to be followers of the painters before Raphael. Its adherents advocate careful study from nature, delicacy and minuteness of workmanship, and an exalted and delicate conception of the subject..

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