Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
conceive beforehand;
- Example: "a preconceived notion"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Preconceive \Pre`con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Preconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Preconceiving.]
To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a
previous notion or idea of.
[1913 Webster]
In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the
eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
preconceive
v 1: conceive beforehand; "a preconceived notion"