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con⋅ceive
[kuh
n-seev] 
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. |
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| con·ceive (kən-sēv') v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives v. tr.
[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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Conceive
Con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceiving.] [OF. conzoivre, concever, conceveir, F. concevoir, fr. L. oncipere to take, to conceive; con- + capere to seize or take. See Capable, and cf. Conception.]1. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of. She hath also conceived a son in her old age. --Luke i. 36. 2. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope. It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life. --Gibbon. Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. --Is. lix. 13. 3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. "I conceive you." --Hawthorne. O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! --Shak. You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. --Swift. Syn: To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.Conceive
Con*ceive"\, v. i. 1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant. A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. --Isa. vii. 14. 2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of. Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. --I. Watts.
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Language Translation for : conceive
Spanish:
concebir,
German:
ersinnen,
Japanese:
～と考える
conceive
c.1280, from stem of O.Fr. conceveir, from L. concipere (pp. conceptus) "to take in and hold," from com- intensive prefix + comb. form of capere "to take," from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Originally "take (seed) into the womb, become pregnant," sense of "take into the mind" is from c.1340.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: con·ceive
Pronunciation: k&n-'sEv
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: con·ceived; con·ceiv·ing
transitivesenses
: to become pregnant with (young) conceive intransitive senses
: to become pregnant
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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conceive con·ceive (kən-sēv')
v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives
- To become pregnant.
- To apprehend mentally; to understand.
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