Bible Dictionaries
Conceit

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

(2):

(v. t.) To conceive; to imagine.

(3):

(v. i.) To form an idea; to think.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(n.) Design; pattern.

(6):

(n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.

(7):

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

(8):

(n.) Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Conceit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/conceit.html. 1828.