Alexander Dyce, A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works

conceit conception, thought, imagination, fancy: “the good conceit I hold of thee,” THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, iii. 2. 17 (opinion); “his conceit is false,” MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ii. 1. 266 ; “conceit's expositor,” LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, ii. 1. 72 ; “profound conceit,” THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, i. 1. 92 ; “a gentleman of good conceit,” AS YOU LIKE IT, v. 2. 50 ; “using conceit alone,” KING JOHN, iii. 3. 50 ; “'Tis nothing but conceit” RICHARD II., ii. 2. 33 （ “fanciful conception,” MALONE) ; “no more conceit in him than is in a mallet,” 2 HENRY IV., ii. 4. 231 ; “dull conceit,” 1 HENRY VI., v. 5. 15 ; “some conceit or other,” RICHARD III., iii. 4. 51 ; “She would applaud Andronicus' conceit,” TITUS ANDRONICUS, iv. 2. 30 ; “Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,” ROMEO AND JULIET, ii. 6. 30 ; “The horrible conceit of death and night,” ROMEO AND JULIET, iv. 3. 37 ; “When thy first griefs were but a mere conceit,” TIMON OF ATHENS, v. 4. 14 ; “rich conceit,” TIMON OF ATHENS, v. 4. 77 ; “force his soul so to his own conceit,” HAMLET, ii. 2. 546 ; “Conceit in weakest bodies,” HAMLET, iii. 4. 114 ; “Conceit upon her father,” HAMLET, iv. 5. 43 ; “of very liberal conceit,” HAMLET, v. 2. 150 ; “Who, if it had conceit, would die,” PERICLES, iii. 1. 16 ; “bottomless conceit,” THE RAPE OF LUCRECE, 701 ; “Conceit and grief,” THE RAPE OF LUCRECE, 1298 ; “Conceit deceitful,” THE RAPE OF LUCRECE, 1423 ; “deep conceit,” THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM, viii. 7 ; “passing all conceit,” THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM, viii. 8 ; “Dangerous conceits,” OTHELLO, iii. 3. 330.