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.
In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth. Bacon.