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Conceit \Con*ceit"\, n. [Through French, fr. L. conceptus a conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See Conceive, and cf. Concept, Deceit.]

  1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

    In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous.
    --Bacon.

    A man wise in his own conceit.
    --Prov. xxvi. 1

  2. 2. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Obs.]

    How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them.
    --Sir P. Sidney.

  3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

    His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet.
    --Shak.

  4. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.

    On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit.
    --L'Estrange.

    Some to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line.
    --Pope.

    Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature.
    --Dryden.

  5. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

    Plumed with conceit he calls aloud.
    --Cotton.

  6. Design; pattern. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

    In conceit with, in accord with; agreeing or conforming.

    Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress.

    To put [one] out of conceit with, to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.