Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of foreconceive
adjectiveforeconceiving (comparative more foreconceiving, superlative most foreconceiving)
comparative more foreconceiving · superlative most foreconceiving
- Conveiving in advance; preconceiving.
This fits the Defence of Poetry's preference for the foreconceiving act over the work it yields, a work valued primarily as the groundplot for still further invention by the reader.
1994, William Craft, Labyrinth of Desire
Origin
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foreconceiving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreconceiving
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“foreconceiving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreconceiving. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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