conceptive

Example Sentences

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

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders

When the writer has his hands on a plot, of whatever type and however found, his conceptive labors are by no means over.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders

I, H, U, H designates the generative and conceptive Forces, 267-u.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

There can scarcely be a stronger instance of the power of such a child's conceptive faculty than in his own attempts to draw.

From Household Education by Martineau, Harriet

By the very nature of the conceptive process the writer seizes his story ideas in terms of persons, events, or atmosphere.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders