conceptive

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Mr. Mill is right in his scorn for those who “erect the incurable limitations of the human conceptive faculty into laws of the outward universe,” if there are such limitations.

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

It will take a very real degree of courage and perseverance to carry out a course of practice in conceptive and constructive technique long enough to accomplish its end.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders

The labors of the fiction writer are of two sorts, conceptive and executive.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders

They speak to the perceptive faculties only: truth to the conceptive.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

The sole limitation upon his work is his own conceptive and executive power, unless he foolishly subjects himself to the bondage of some special school.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders