a. Pertaining to conception. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the act of formulating or making a concept of something.
v. t. same as conceptualize. [ British ]
n. (Metaph.) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Metaph.) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. an elaborated concept.
n. the act of formulating or making a concept of something.
v. t.