foreconceive

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ conceive.

Verb

foreconceive (third-person singular simple present foreconceives, present participle foreconceiving, simple past and past participle foreconceived)

1. (transitive) To conceive beforehand; preconceive.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17:

     I found my selfe glutted and ful of drink by the overmuch swilling that my imagination had fore-conceived.