preconceive verb trans. [pri:kǝn'si:v] M16.[from PRE- 1 + CONCEIVE.]Conceive or imagine beforehand; form (an idea about something) in anticipation of one's actual knowledge or experience. Freq. as
preconceived ppl adjective.
■ N. Hawthorne The Coliseum was very much what I had preconceived it. ■ R. G. Collingwood The result..is preconceived or thought out before being arrived at. ■ P. Larkin We came to our work without any preconceived ideas. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲