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Macartney (iou) and conceptive (iou)


Macartney (iou)



Macartney noun. E19.
[George, Earl Macartney (1737-1806), Brit. ambassador to China.]
Macartney rose, an evergreen white-flowered climbing rose, Rosa bracteata, native to China. E19.
In full Macartney pheasant. A fireback pheasant, esp. Lophura ignita. Now rare or obsolete. M19.

conceptive (iou)



conceptive adjective. M17.
[Latin conceptivus, from concept-: see CONCEPTION, -IVE.]
That conceives; apt to conceive; of or pertaining to conception. (Rarely in a physical sense.)
conceptively adverb in a (mentally) conceptive manner M19.
conceptiveness noun E19.