conceptive

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The conceptive faculty working with a perception of facts singularly narrow and imperfect, projected every idea boldly into the sphere of the actual.

From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene

Does not this cast a light upon the conceptive and receptive powers of the eye.

From Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men by Harris, John William

Of the powers of the mind there be two sorts—cognitive, imaginative, or conceptive, and motive.

From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

In the case of Ellish, it proceeded from both; her mind was apt, vigorous, and conceptive; her body active, her manners bland and insinuating, and her penetration almost intuitive.

From Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

But that size in pictures is no test of conceptive artistic genius needs no demonstration, though it may be conceded to be a gauge of executive ability.

From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene