\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.