How To Use Conceive In A Sentence

The landowner instantly conceives a dislike of the dog and demands that she be gotten rid of.
Ruling was in a sense a job, a calling, the only thing he knew how to do and could conceive of doing.
You must judge each film on its own merits, without any preconceived notions about what it's like.
He did in these extremities, as I conceive, most humbly recommend the direction of his judicial proceedings to the upright judge of judges, God Almighty; did submit himself to the conduct and guideship of the blessed Spirit in the hazard and perplexity of the definitive sentence, and, by this aleatory lot, did as it were implore and explore the divine decree of his goodwill and pleasure, instead of that which we call the final judgment of a court. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
What Montgomery conceived was a one-two punch, a British blow followed by an American crack.

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Does it really make sense to conceive of a tutorial existing in isolation?
It's difficult to conceive of living on the moon.
Quinn herself was keen to have the first test - a matter of weeks after William's birth - because she and her husband were undergoing fertility treatment at the time the child was conceived.
But it was the bowler's general bearing and neatness which charmed the young writer almost as much as the name he'd been seeking for his newly conceived character of a gentleman's gentleman. From Jeeves to Herriot: all creatures great and sporty | Frank Keating
It may act as such, by suppressing ovulation, but it also works by making the lining of the womb hostile to the newly conceived embryo.
It might therefore seem clear, whatever else is the case, that Descartes conceives of knowledge as advancing truth.
The principal rooms, both downstairs and upstairs, have decorative mantelpieces and cornices that are imaginatively conceived and neatly executed.
Baudelaire said of him that he was the only artist who ‘in our faithless generation conceived religious pictures’.
It's a rush, a thrill, a challenge to do something that most people can't even conceive of and couldn't do even if they wanted to.
He had a preconceived notion of what a messiah should be like. Christianity Today
After three months of treatment, 20 women conceived.
I have long claimed that this conceivability is only apparent; some misguided philosophers think they can conceive of a zombie, but they are badly mistaken. nullasalus: Blurring the Line
It's been my experience that life is so constructed that the event cannot and will not live up to preconceived idea I have about it.
She has criticised the whole modern theory of human rights as being conceived the wrong way round.
Democritus called his primordial element an atom; Anaxagoras, too, conceived a primordial element, but he called it merely a seed or thing; he failed to christen it distinctively. A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science
Is radical political speech always to be conceived as forceful and polemical?
In the heliocentric universe conceived by the sixteenth-century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, for example, planets orbited the Sun in perfect circles.
He applied for it because he had conceived the idea that his going home as a married man might be a good thing for him. Emily Fox-Seton
Useful for many years to come…..use it to conceive and then use it under a crystal candy bowl on your end table. Regretsy – Natural Selection
You are unable to conceive of the man without conscience.
They likewise carefully watch the corpse by night and day till the time of interment, and conceive that the deil tinkles at the lykewake of those who felt in their dead-thraw the agonies and terrors of remorse. Notes
Half a century ago it's difficult to conceive of travelling to the moon.
Discourse is thereby conceived as a ‘generative mechanism’ rather than as a self-referential sphere in which nothing of significance exists outside it.
As Hewitt has suggested, feminist utopianism, like symbolic interactionism, seeks to create new conceptual spaces in which radically different ways of being can be imagined and in which different distributions of power, including sexual power, can be conceived (Contemporary 17-21). Feminist Utopianism and Female Sexuality in Joanna Baillies Comedies
The term 'transgendered', like the term 'queer', is a term conceived broadly enough to potentially include medieval people: a certain percentage of persons who describe themselves with this term live either in-between genders or in some other complex relationship with the binary of male and female. In the Middle
They have the effect of jarring your preconceived notions. Times, Sunday Times
When Grant first conceived the film project a decade back he wrote to her.
Vries, "than that, on the one hand, everything which exists is conceived by or under some attribute or other; that the more reality, therefore, a being or thing has, the more attributes must be assigned to it;" "and conversely," (and this he calls his argumentum palmarium in proof of the existence of God,) "the more attributes I assign to a thing, the more I am forced to conceive it as existing. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc
Another statistic that's set to rise is the number of children conceived by in vitro fertilisation.
Preconceived notions are prejudices about what is supposed to happen during the ritual, or the way in which the ritual must be done.
Eugenia too, soothed with the delusions of her romantic but innocent fancy, flattered herself she might now see continually the object she conceived formed for meriting her ever reverential regard; and Miss Margland was importantly occupied upon affairs best suited to her taste and ancient habits, in deliberating how first to bring forth her fair charge with the most brilliant effect. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
But as he lay and devoured the new 'white breid,' his satisfaction -- the bare delight of his animal existence -- reached a pitch such as even this imagination, stinted with poverty, and frost-bitten with maternal oppression, had never conceived possible. Robert Falconer
A report said that poorer people couldn't afford healthy food and couldn't afford exercise. Can't the reporters conceive of exercise outside a gym?
Recorded in 1987 and conceived on a whim, it was a source of irritation to the band themselves.
This second-hand or transcribed social history isn't "parodic," just misconceived, and testimony (if any is needed) to the increasing inability to discern what our disciplinary base actually is in "literary-and-cultural studies," and why it matters that we cannot and should not be simply pale echoes of better-equipped social historians like Colley herself. Presentism and the Archives
You can use these types of natural family planning to predict when you'll ovulate — and when you need to avoid unprotected sex if you don't want to conceive.
The poor, I found, believed that this pious exercise dispersed the evil spirits of the storm; while the better sort conceived that it occasioned some kind of undulation in the air, and so broke the continuity of the electric fluid. Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
In the tradition of isolated rural buildings, the house is conceived as a singular gesture responding to the strength of the site: a grassy terrace overlooking a meandering river facing north up a spectacular valley, next to an old eucalypt. Bluff Farm House by Richard Cole Architecture
It is hardly possible to conceive a spot more effectually hidden from the eyes of all men, than this singular valley.
After his cult hit Withnail & I, writer-director Bruce Robinson teamed up again with Richard E Grant for this misconceived satire about an advertising whizz-kid who develops an alter-ego in the form of a talking boil on his shoulder. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The Infinite and the Absolute are _only_ the names of two counter _imbecilities_ of the human mind" [296] -- that is, a mental inability to conceive an absolute limitation, or an infinite illimitation; an absolute commencement, or an infinite non-commencement. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
But she did not conceive of unmarried life as a solution.
Half a century ago it's difficult to conceive of travelling to the moon.
This paper starts with the world process of the electricity market, introduces the design conceive, content and request of the transmission price making in the electricity market.
In my judgment an attempt to formulate a duty of care in this way is wholly misconceived.
They abound in matters of interest to the investigator of masonic symbolism and philosophy, but should be read with a careful view of the preconceived theory of the learned author, who refers everything in the ancient religions to the influences of the Noachic cataclysm, and the arkite worship which he supposes to have resulted from it. The Symbolism of Freemasonry
The misconceived refusal to give Charlie Adam a penalty and send off Philippe Senderos on the hour, a spoilsport decision to disallow a goal for Luis Suárez midway through the second half and a red card for the young midfielder Jay Spearing a few minutes later prefaced a crescendo of Fulham attacking which ended with a dreadful Pepe Reina error and a decisive tap-in for Clint Dempsey. Andy Carroll's ineffectiveness adds to Liverpool frustration at Fulham | Richard Williams
They should make that moral choice that they will not do anything which might be remotely conceived as supporting the regime.
As it turned out, his sperm count appeared normal but his wife continued to fail to conceive.
Fear makes our imagination conceive what it list, invites the devil to come to us, as [1667] Agrippa and Cardan avouch, and tyranniseth over our phantasy more than all other affections, especially in the dark. Anatomy of Melancholy
At the same time, by dangling the art in an implied deep space, Bontecou conceives a void filled with anti-gravitational activity.
Seeing the snake cast its old slough and glide forth renewed, he conceives, so in death man but sheds his fleshly exuvia, while the spirit emerges, regenerate. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
I'll bet many a life now being lived was conceived to the dulcet tones of F Sinatra directing the rhythm of the rumpy-pumpy. Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
All of us should therefore operate today with some notion of very probably reaching much larger audiences than any we could conceive of even a decade ago, although the chances of retaining that audience are by the same token quite chancy.
Once we put everything that exists into these two categories, we now have two types of ignoranceone that mistakenly perceives persons to inherently exist and another that misconceives other phenomena to inherently exist. Becoming Enlightened
Normalcy, in this version, was conceived as full integration - without any of the surreptitious derogations and defaults of the past - into a liberalised European economy.
But he couldn't be got to conceive the notion of envying Champion. The Wisdom of Father Brown
Intelligence in fiction, then, is usually conceived as a variety of Aristotelian dianoia:Under Thought dianoia is included every effect which has to be produced by speech, the subdivisions being: proof and refutation; the excitation of the feelings, such as pity, fear, anger, and the like; the suggestion of importance or its opposite. Plot and thought
This places Durkheim in the company of social reformers as diverse as Will Keith Kellogg, conceiver of the cornflake, and Mies van der Rohe, builder of the Bauhaus, both of whom founded institutions on a mission to integrate the individual within a collective plan where its energies could be rationally ordered and to avoid social disintegration. BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES
We all fear the unknown and we all have preconceived ideas of what other places are like. Times, Sunday Times
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How do we know that the decrease is not the consequence of fewer females conceived in the 1980s when abortion was at its peak? Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
And still she would not be ill to fall in with Louis's preconceived notions; living an absolutely normal, rather tough life, hardened by her father's Spartanism, she found that a natural process made very little difference to her. Captivity
The MVD file accused Konstantin Komarov of being the man who conceived the scam on Tsentralnaya's behalf. CHAMELEON
So I went to college, with that kind of preconceived notion which didn't materialize. Oral History Interview with Eva Clayton, July 18, 1989. Interview C-0084. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
If both women plan to conceive, they will have to decide which of them will go first. The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting
And to make the defense of the West hinge upon German rearmament is to misconceive the dimensions of the problem. Britain Versus EuropeThe Schuman Plan and German Revival
The Kendal Traffic Plan was conceived in 1996 as a four-stage scheme.
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect. Mahatma Gandhi
NAB conceived the idea for the study, developed the coding sheet for analysis, participated as a coder, and is the primary author and guarantor.
In this case, therefore, I conceive the plaintiff must be non-suited; and I should disadvise the bringing any such action. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The plan to build the road through the forest is wholly misconceived.
Impartial rule theory, casuistry, and virtue ethics are all consistent with rather than rivals of a principle-based account when it is properly conceived.
Penberthy's initial decision to put the poems in chronological sequence of composition established a solid reference point, a relatively easy plan to conceive and a very hard one to carry out.
Sylvia may be having twins conceived by different fathers.
To obviate the matter Lamarck conceived and proposed the dichotomic method for the easy determination of species. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work
If any one had taxed him with the vice, he would have indignantly repelled the accusation, and conceived himself unworthily aspersed. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Neither are you infertile, as you have already conceived twice in the last two years. The Sun
It is situated in Idris's own geographical territory but it is conceived by and aimed at those who are external to that space and who possess the means of representation and interpretation.
“Did you ever know a French novelist have a premeditated murder committed by a man who could not possibly have conceived the murder ten minutes before he committed it; with whom the cause of the murder anteceded the murder no more than ten minutes?” Phineas Redux
At the same time, the centrifugal forces of interest and reaction caused local people to reconceive the boundaries of their nation.
History is littered with examples of ill-conceived attempts to keep the peace at any price. Times, Sunday Times
This (p. xxiii) portrait presents an _alto-rilievo_ which is well adapted for medals only; it is conceived in the spirit of the French school, which has always attached great importance to the truthful rendering of flesh. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
_ I muft here, however, repeat, that no one is more entirelv fi - tisiied than myfelf of the great abihties, perfevcrance, an J i,;. trepidity, with which the officers who were fent on this deai. n tion, attempted to profecute their difcoveries; but I conceive from tlie arguments and faaawJiich will follow, that tluy wa 'ftoppcd. Miscellanies [microform]
He was smitten and conceived an ambition to become a cartoonist. Times, Sunday Times
To cacoon and even entomb one's mind in tendentiously conceived definitions and platitudes, likewise imagining that doing so is tantamount to serious inquiry and thought, is the very hallmark of the ideological religionist, to indulge the term in a simple and purely pejorative sense. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
I didn't have any kind of preconceived notions about how these things were supposed to be done. Undefined
She had conceived of a barren desolate waste, shrubless and treeless; and she saw grassy hillocks, leafy copses, and even, as she thought, patches of dwarfish woods. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands
The melody flows or soars like the song of a bird, because it is the free expression, not of musical fantasy, as such (the unconscious play of tonal fancy), but the flow of _melody_, _song_, the soaring of spirit in some one particular direction, floating upon buoyant pinions, and in directions well conceived and sure. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
In this sense, de-Manian discontinuity is more radical "discontinuous" than discontinuity itself, that is, than any form of the discontinuous we can conceive of. Thinking Singularity with Immanuel Kant and Paul de Man: Aesthetics, Epistemology, History and Politics
He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself.
`The most surprising thing about the group is that many of my preconceived notions about the participants have been overturned. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
The misconceived pre-publicity for the series blew the gaff on this one, so unlike the main supporting characters, we knew all along that she wasn't out of her mind, just out of her body.
While in Plato there is the foreshadowing of the truth that the goal of moral endeavour lies in godlikeness, with Aristotle the goal is confined to this life and is conceived simply as the earthly well-being of the moral subject. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics
Pister, an emeritus engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said "the rush to add automatic shutoff valves willy nilly is an ill-conceived response to this incident" because it could end up disrupting gas supplies and not improving safety. PG&E Safety Culture Faulted, Panel Probing Blast Finds
Suddenly, and as it were without warning, we are confronted by a fierce and warlike nation, for whom it is a paramount moral obligation to refrain from the participatory heathen cults by which they were surrounded on all sides; for whom moreover precisely that moral obligation is conceived as the very foundation of the race, the very marrow of its being. Sources of Theology in Job « Unknowing
No single treatment will be successful for everyone, but research has shown that the following simple, inexpensive treatments can help women conceive.
Dubost had herself conceived the ballet as a musical caprice and had given the ten leaves of her fan to ten different composers asking each of them to compose a single dance number.
I no longer thought of God in the analogy of a human body, yet I was constrained to conceive thee to be some kind of body in space, either infused into the world, or infinitely diffused beyond the world -- and this was the incorruptible, inviolable, unchangeable substance, which I thought was better than the corruptible, the violable, and the changeable. Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler
It is intriguing to know how Peel conceived such an idea and then summoned the determination to deliver on it. Times, Sunday Times
Therefore, as a precautionary measure, our advice to pregnant women and women trying to conceive is to avoid alcohol. Light drinking during pregnancy 'does children no harm'
He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself.
It was here that he first conceived the idea of being a peasant painter.
But the showcase project seemed misconceived from the start, too powerful for North Korea's electrical system, too expensive to be economical.
The show has been conceived as including the three aspects of his life, as Einstein - the Man, the Scientist as well as the Humanist-Philosopher.
Yes, my name is Briton, they supposedly conceived me there, kinda a gross story, the thought of my parents doing it is quite disgusting and unpleasing to my stomach.
The plan to build the road through the forest is wholly misconceived.
On the other hand, we have mental activity which enables us, second-by-second, to conceive of ourselves as mental entities.
The work of Crowell, Dott and Winterer led to the introduction of purely descriptive terms for poorly sorted and laminated facies that avoided any preconceived notion of a glacial origin.
This I think, can rarely exist without the concomitancy of judgment; for how we can be said to have discovered the true essence of two things, without discerning their difference, seems to me hard to conceive. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Some prejudices (preconceived opinions of an individual based on opinions about the many) have names such as racism, sexism, or ageism.
The chaos of haphazard buildings and ill-conceived new arterial roads were already causing concern and we were often called in to advise on remedial planting. The Education of a Gardener
The kids are sometimes called anchored babies because they can petition the government to make their parents citizens once they reach an age of 21, and that has led a lot of people to suspect that their parents conceived them just to get themselves citizenship. CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2006
Their playbook is remarkably simple, if not shameless and sophomoric: conceive the lie, seed it in the liberal blogosphere, then sit back and let the drones take it from there. Obamacare in the Age of Scrutiny. | RedState
You do not win games with preconceived ideas. Times, Sunday Times
Himself in Himself, after a fashion which we can neither describe nor conceive, predestinating all things, formed them as He pleased, bestowing harmony on all things, and assigning them their own place, and the beginning of their creation. ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
Recognizing in Laz a kindred passion, I conceive a plan.
As classically conceived, a real number can be thought of as an infinite decimal, a completed infinity.
That that effort, and the others mentioned above, were ill-conceived is true enough, but the reasons why are complex. A Coast Guard that guards everyone else’s coast « Antiwar.com Blog
We cannot permit the discussion to be sidetracked into yet another sterile debate about human rights conceived in the abstract and unrelated to the concrete circumstances of the historical moment.
Conceive the intolerableness, if you are at all sensitive, of being watched by eyes so sharp and prying, so eager to note the least change of expression and to use the conclusions drawn for personal ends that nothing, absolutely nothing, escapes them. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
He answered the question in large part by prescribing a diet of the noblest foods to be eaten before the child is conceived.
They equate ‘radical’ with high-risk, ill-conceived, and highly speculative projects.
Had he not conceived of xerography, the plain paper copier might have remained un-invented for decades.
They also recommend that you stop taking the pill or using the copper coil at least four to six months before planning to conceive. Alternative Health Care for Children
The result was a campaign misconceived at the outset and badly coordinated not only between civilian and military but between the various levels of command.
Auguste Piccard conceived the bathyscaphe in the 1930s but became distracted by the allure of high-altitude ballooning.
The sum which it was required Congress should appropriate to the purchase was forty thousand dollars; and considering how that assembly is constituted, how little most of its members know or care about pictures, or of their intrinsic value, and how utterly unimbued they are with any conception of the moral worth of art to a young nation, I conceive it very creditable to the body that the motion was negatived by only two votes. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II.
A mother has had two non-twin children on the same day, due to a 1,000,000-1 phenomenon, known as superfecundation, where a woman conceives twice in the same month.
To use the rhythm method, you simply track your menstrual history to predict when you'll ovulate.In turn, this may help you determine when you're most likely to conceive.
If you should be convinced by argument, not only that the pamphlet before you is not a libel, but that almost all those political writings, which it has been the habit of certain people, taking up the cry from their leaders, to call libels, are not merely not dangerous but beneficial to political society; is it possible to conceive, that you can be induced to pronounce a verdict of guilty against the defendant! A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father
[F] rom the start" places like New Orleans and Houston were "conceived from the start" as major ports of call for this country, and hugely contributed to the economic expansion that depended on waterway shipping (before airlines, etc.). Honore dismisses talk of Senate run
We must be prepared for all possibilities, not just the ones that play into reporters' preconceived notions about hunters, soldiers, tattoos and guns.
W. agrees to this, but conceives ærgescôd as a compd. = ære calceatus, _sheathed in brass_. Beowulf
Billy had said this in joke, for he had never conceived of such a thing as a spring of hot water, but he found that his jest might have been said in earnest, for the spring was almost "bilin '," and caused the Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn
To beget and conceive ( offspring ).
For whenever a man conceives his own actions, he is affected with pleasure (III. liii.), in proportion as his actions display more perfection, and he conceives them more distinctly-that is (II.xl. note), in proportion as he can distinguish them from others, and regard them as something special. The Ethics
Poverty is man-made; it results from the greed and arrogance of power, poor governance and ill-conceived policies.
It was ill conceived and poorly planned, above all because the Allies had little knowledge of the terrain. Times, Sunday Times
The second chapter briefly analyzes the theory of pattern language and applies the method of pattern language to conceive the conservation planning of historic towns and villages.
But much of contemporary art is not conceived in this spirit.
He questions authority and is skeptical of preconceived ideas, offering in their place an objective insight.
The word homeschooling is such a misnomer, because most of the learning does not happen anywhere near home, and school is such a loaded word that brings so many preconceived notions about learning to mind that it's really no wonder that people don't "get it. Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Sorry for the outburst...
It's recommended that you start taking a supplement before you start trying to conceive, as NTDs occur in early pregnancy.
His clan was that of no other, contrary to the beliefs of all other races, Masheleec Urik conceived that the Duroug elfins were a striking image of some god, whose obligation it was to drive all other races to the brink of utter destruction.
The film is essentially about two women's desire to conceive and the amusing situations that result from this.
All of them were notorious criminals, who had been charged with every conceivable crime, from burglary to kidnapping and "maiming," and some not to be conceived of by the The Battle with the Slum
Neither can a concern with the ear and the eye be taken simply as a reading of particular metaphors, however powerfully conceived.
Hume notes that we cannot imagine or conceive of the negations of typical mathematical theorems, but this seems to be a weak hold on the necessity of mathematics.
Like Republicans, those who conceive and give birth to these movies are willing to do whatever it takes to sell them to a country of dingbats.
It was conceived in response to the disproportionate number of entertainers who have collaborated in some capacity with English pop-icon David Bowie only to later suffer premature deaths, varying only in the degree of their hideosity.
Neither let this be jestingly conceived, bicause the works of the one be essenciall, the other in imitation or fiction: for everie understanding, knoweth the skill of ech Artificer standeth in that Idea, or fore conceit of the worke, and not in the worke it selfe. Defence of Poesie
The composer's upbeat arrangements, jazzy and virtuoso, added a convincing tango beat to some of the Yiddish songs not originally conceived as such.
As for the 36 tracks themselves, to me they sound like building blocks, parts of a yet-unreleased, maybe even yet-unconceived whole. Dustbury.com » Let there be remixes and mashups
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. Friedrich Nietzsche
In cognitive grammar, meaning variation of a linguistic unit resides in not only the entity it designates but also the construals imposed on the conceived situation.
Indeed, it often appears to the Asians that the US and Europe are generally only solicitous of their views and insights, when it's time to cough up more money for another misconceived bailout.
Prerequisites are a willingness to experiment, a desire to play, and a hankering to shake up preconceived notions about your art and photography.
The plans were conceived in haste by politicians trying to look tough in the wake of the banking crisis, in which hedge funds played virtually no role. Times, Sunday Times
It may not be too great a flight of imagination to conceive our noble 'revenant' not forgetful of the great troubles of his own day, and anxious to know how often London had been burned down since his time, and how often the plague had carried off its thousands. Lectures and Essays
I was often obliged to run my head against my old acquaintances, the Swedish feathers, whilk your honour must conceive to be double-pointed stakes, shod with iron at each end, and planted before the squad of pikes to prevent an onfall of the cavalry. A Legend of Montrose
Do you think that kind of preconceived notion of how a female rock musician should behave harms the progress of female musicians in general? PopMatters
I had no preconceived idea of how much interest it would attract.
Classical atomists conceived the universe as nothing more than an eternal congeries of material particles of different shapes and sizes perpetually in motion and continually coalescing to form unstable natural bodies.
His fine sonnets to Liberty, and indeed, all his pieces which have any reference to political interest, remind me of the spirit in which Schiller has conceived the character of William Tell, a calm, single hearted herdsman of the hills, breaking forth into fiery and indignant eloquence, when the sanctity of his hearth is invaded. Memorials of Mrs. Hemans, with Illustrations of Her Literary Character from Her Private Correspondence
Conceived as a manmade forest dappled by sunlight, the galleria's laminated timber structure (a material previously prohibited by Ontario's building code) has a distinctly arboreal quality.
The hope is that face-to-face contact on this special day will help to blow away any preconceived ideas. The Sun
A year later the student can not conceive why he had such difficulty and suspicion about the nature of vectors.
He had the characteristic of a good functionary, that is to say, he had no mind of his own, and simply did what he was told or what he conceived to be his duty as a member of the administrative system. Russia
The distribution of life in the rivers and lakes of Brazil, the immense number of species and their local circumscription, as distinct faunae in definite areas of the same water-basin, amazed him; while the character of the soil and other geological features confirmed him in his preconceived belief that the glacial period could not have been less than cosmic in its influence. Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence
He then churned the Estate account by selling perfectly reasonable shares to pay for this ill-conceived investment.
Applied to Drake the word connoted animosity pure and simple, animosity suddenly conceived too, for it was not a week since Mallinson had been boasting of his friendship with the man. The Philanderers
In The Comforter, a hirsute woman (an actual genetic condition that led to the bearded lady once popular in freak-shows and French courts), cradles an eyeless creature conceived of as an udder with a large mouth. Spread ArtCulture: Patricia Piccinini's World of Creatures Great & Small
What a terrible, ugly, misconceived idea. Times, Sunday Times
Think of the creative masterpieces he could conceive of while watching golf. Times, Sunday Times
All in all, it looks like a misconceived vanity project. Times, Sunday Times
Voluntarism is the theory that God or the ultimate nature of reality is to be conceived as some form of will (or conation).
Constantine had conceived an especial affection for King Jerome; the king even carried his affection so far as to 'tutoy' him, and wished him to do the same. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
Predestination is a preparation in this second sense, in which an agent is said to prepare himself mentally for action when he preconceives the idea of doing something. Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas
This rough, urban setting clashes with our preconceived notions about her adorable subject matter.
If the sketch was valued, it was not for its intrinsic formal qualities, but rather because it offered visible evidence of something conceived, but not yet realized.
The manual, conceived with input from nearly everyone in the organization, also includes a chapter on a code of conduct.
In a separate development, scientists have produced further evidence that smoking reduces the chances that a woman will conceive.
If she were to conceive a child in these circumstances she would hardly believe that any part of it was hers.
Back in 1978 Michael Bennett conceived a Broadway musical called Ballroom, in which silver-haired dancers looked back at their younger selves.
Time and again, history has shown that waging battles to usher in peace have been misconceived notions, for such attempts have only succeeded in breeding hatred and mistrust in society.
Let's say instead of French interiors, which seemed so appealing in the museum, we've conceived a passion for dogs in art.
We started from scratch with no preconceived ideas.
Written to introduce high school and college students - as well as anyone without a serious science background - to the awe-inspiring science of volcanology, the book was not conceived as written only by female authors.
Schleiermacher conceives of religion as pre-existing particular historical manifestations which are grounded in the fundamental unity of religion, an apriori condition.
Pressed into action, Alvin found it difficult to conceive of himself as a mere resident choreographer.
She was told she couldn't conceive.
We are the first international constitutor for conceive standard for Children safety belt.
But archaeologists are the narrowest and dryest of men, -- they preconceive a certain system of work and follow it out by mathematical rule and plan, without one touch of imagination to help them to discover new channels of interest or historical information. Ziska
Leufroid, who called him his crony, and would have done anything for him, the Venetian conceived the idea of getting rid of his friend by revealing to the king the mystery of his cuckoldom, and showing him the source of the queen's happiness, not doubting for a moment but that he would commence by depriving Monsoreau of his head, according to a practice common in Sicily under similar circumstances. Droll Stories — Volume 3

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