Obs. [f. CONCEIT v. + -ER1.]

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  1.  One who conceits or is fond of; a fancier.

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1589.  Greene, Menaphon (Arb.), 23. The Dolphines (the sweete conceipters of Musicke) fetcht their carreers on the waves.

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1598.  Barret, Theor. Warres, I. i. 5. Thus much … to our inueterate conceiters of bowes and blacke billes.

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  2.  One who conceives or imagines; an inventor.

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1718.  Bp. Hutchinson, Witchcraft, Ded. 11. Chimerical Conceiters, and Coiners of Fables.

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