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Conceit Definition
(n.) That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
(n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
(n.) Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
(n.) Design; pattern.
(v. t.) To conceive; to imagine.
(v. i.) To form an idea; to think.
Self-respect is the very cement of character, without which character will not form nor stand; a personal ideal is the only possible foundation for self-respect, without which self-respect degenerates...
Edward O. Sisson
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