conceit (it is often difficult to determine the precise meaning)
1.
what is conceived in the mind,
conception, idea, thought LLL. II. i.
72, Mer.V. III. iv. 2, Ham. IV. v. 46*
“ upon her father,”
Oth. III. iii. 115
“Some horrible
conceit,”
Sonn. cviii. 13
“the first of love.”
2.
faculty of
conceiving, apprehension, understanding, mental
faculty or capacity Err. IV. ii.
65,
AYL. V. ii. 60
“a gentleman of good
,”
John III. iii. 50,
Troil. I. iii. 153
“whose Lies in his
hamstring,”
Per. III. i. 16.
3.
personal opinion or
estimate
Gent. III. ii. 17
“the good conceit I hold
of thee,”
H8 II. iii. 74.
4.
imagination, fancy
AYL. II. vi. 8, R2 II. ii. 33, Ham. III. iv. 113*
“ in weakest bodies
strongest works,”
Lr. IV. vi. 43; gaiety
of imagination, wit 2H4 II. iv.
263*
“there is no more in him than is
in a mallet.”
5.
fanciful design,
device, invention 1H6 IV. i.
102, Tit. IV. ii. 30,
Ham. V. ii. 160
“of very liberal ”
; fancy article
MND. I. i. 33
“rings, gawds,
conceits.”