Both Uses of
conceit
in
Julius Caesar
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- Him, and his worth, and our great need of him,
You have right well conceited.p. 45.9conceited = conceived
- My credit now stands on such slippery ground,
That one of two bad ways you must conceit me,
Either a coward or a flatterer.--
p. 107.9 *conceit = conceive
Definitions:
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(1)
(conceit as in: confident, but not conceited) feelings of excessive pride
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much less commonly and archaically, conceit can mean to conceive.