foreconceiving
foreconceiving is the present participle and gerund of foreconceive.
Meaning of foreconceive
Verb
foreconceive (third-person singular simple present foreconceives, present participle foreconceiving, simple past and past participle foreconceived)
- To conceive or imagine beforehand; preconceive.
- I found my selfe glutted and ful of drink by the overmuch swilling that my imagination had fore-conceived.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
Adjective
foreconceiving (comparative more foreconceiving, superlative most foreconceiving)
- Conveiving in advance; preconceiving.
- This fits the Defence of Poetry's preference for the foreconceiving act over the work it yields, a work valued primarily as the groundplot for still further invention by the reader.1994, William Craft, Labyrinth of Desire
Forms of foreconceiving
| comparative | more foreconceiving |
|---|---|
| superlative | most foreconceiving |
Origin of foreconceiving
From foreconceive.
Questions about foreconceiving
- What does foreconceiving mean?
- Foreconceiving means conveiving in advance; preconceiving.
- What is foreconceiving the present participle and gerund of?
- Foreconceiving is the present participle and gerund of foreconceive.
- What part of speech is foreconceiving?
- Foreconceiving is an adjective.
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