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con·ceiv·a·ble

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–adjective

capable of being conceived; imaginable.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME. See conceive, -able

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—Related forms

con·ceiv·a·bil·i·ty, con·ceiv·a·ble·ness, noun

con·ceiv·a·bly, adverb

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con·ceive Audio Help   (kən-sēv') Pronunciation Key
v.   con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives

v.   tr.

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

v. intr.

To form or hold an idea: Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.
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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conceivable
adjective
capable of being imagined; "that is one possible answer"

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conˈceivable adjective

able to be imagined or thought of

Arabic:	مُمْكِن إدراكُه أو تَصَوُّرُه
Chinese (Simplified):	可想象的
Chinese (Traditional):	可想象的
Czech:	představitelný
Danish:	tænkelig; mulig
Dutch:	denkbaar
Estonian:	mõeldav
Finnish:	ajateltavissa oleva
French:	concevable
German:	vorstellbar
Greek:	νοητός
Hungarian:	elképzelhető
Icelandic:	hugsanlegur
Indonesian:	terbayangkan
Italian:	concepibile, immaginabile

Japanese:	考えられる
Korean:	상상할 수 있는
Latvian:	iedomājams; aptverams; iespējams
Lithuanian:	įsivaizduojamas, suvokiamas
Norwegian:	tenkelig, mulig
Polish:	wyobrażalny, do pomyślenia
Portuguese (Brazil):	concebível
Portuguese (Portugal):	concebível
Romanian:	de conceput
Russian:	постижимый
Slovak:	predstaviteľný
Slovenian:	mogoč
Spanish:	concebible
Swedish:	begriplig, upptänklig
Turkish:	düşünülebilir, akla uygun

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conceivable

Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]

1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.]

Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak.

Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. --Jer. Taylor.

2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

Actual cautery. See under Cautery.

Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin."

Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real.

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