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con·ceive    Audio Help   [kuhn-seev] Pronunciation Key verb, -ceived, -ceiv·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
2.to form a notion or idea of; imagine.
3.to hold as an opinion; think; believe: I can't conceive that it would be of any use.
4.to experience or form (a feeling): to conceive a great love for music.
5.to express, as in words.
6.to become pregnant with.
7.to beget.
8.to begin, originate, or found (something) in a particular way (usually used in the passive): a new nation conceived in liberty.
9.Archaic. to understand; comprehend.
–verb (used without object)
10.to form an idea; think (usually fol. by of).
11.to become pregnant.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < AF, OF conceivre < L concipere to take fully, take in, equiv. to con- con- + -cipere, comb. form of capere to take]

—Related forms
con·ceiv·er, noun

—Synonyms 2, 8. See imagine.
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con·ceive    Audio Help   (kən-sēv')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives

v.   tr.
  1. To become pregnant with (offspring).
  2. To form or develop in the mind; devise: conceive a plan to increase profits.
  3. To apprehend mentally; understand: couldn't conceive the meaning of that sentence.
  4. To be of the opinion that; think: didn't conceive such a tragedy could occur.
  5. To begin or originate in a specific way: a political movement conceived in the ferment of the 1960s.

v.   intr.
  1. To form or hold an idea: Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.
  2. To become pregnant.


[Middle English conceiven, from Old French concevoir, conceiv-, from Latin concipere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

con·ceiv'a·bil'i·ty, con·ceiv'a·ble·ness n., con·ceiv'a·ble adj., con·ceiv'a·bly adv., con·ceiv'er n.
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