Con"cept (?), n. [L. conceptus (cf. neut. conceptum fetus), p. p. of concipere to conceive: cf. F. concept. See Conceit.] An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal. The words conception,
concept, notion, should be limited to
the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general
term.
Sir W. Hamilton.
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