noun

1. Obsolete
   1. an idea; thought; concept
   2. personal opinion
2. an exaggerated opinion of oneself, one's merits, etc.; vanity

3. Etymology: < It concetto, of same ult. orig.

   1. a fanciful or witty expression or notion; often, specif., a striking and elaborate metaphor, sometimes one regarded, esp. formerly, as strained and arbitrary
   2. the use of such expressions in writing or speaking
4. a flight of imagination; fancy
5. a small, imaginatively designed item

Etymology: ME conceite < conceiven, conceive

transitive verb

1. Obsolete to think or imagine
2. Brit., Dialectal to think well of; take a fancy to