Prē'con-cēive', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PRECONCEIVED; p. pr. & vb. n. PRECONCEIVING.] To conceive previously; to form in the mind beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of. In a dead plain the way seems the longer, because the eye has preconceived it shorter than the truth. Bacon.