For Anselm, "A thing may be conceived in two ways: (1) when the word signifying it is _________; (2) when the thing itself is _________."
A) linguistic; material
B) semantical; syntactical
C) defined; refined
D) conceived; understood

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Anselm's distinction is between the mental conception of a word and the understanding of the thing itself, which aligns with "conceived" and "understood."

For Anselm, "A Thing May Be Conceived in Two Ways