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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Concept

/kän'-sĕpt/ · Con·cept · IPA /ˈkɑn.sɛpt/
01 n. An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
  1. 1.
    An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
    “The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term.” — Sir W. Hamilton.