Preconceived

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preconceive \Pre`con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Preconceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preconceiving}.]
     To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a
     previous notion or idea of.
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           In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the
           eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth.
                                                    --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  preconceived
       adj : (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially
             without evidence or through prejudice; "certain
             preconceived notions"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "preconceived":
     anticipatory, beforehand, biased, forejudged, judged beforehand,
     preconceptual, preconcluded, predecided, predetermined,
     predisposed, predispositional, prejudged, prejudging, prejudiced,
     prejudicial, presumed, presupposed, presurmised