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verb (used with object)
1.
to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
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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.
EXPANDto express, as in words.
verb (used without object)
10.
to form an idea; think (usually followed by of).
11.
to become pregnant.
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Conceiving
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French conceivre < Latin concipere to take fully, take in, equivalent to con- con- + -cipere, combining form of capere to take
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French conceivre < Latin concipere to take fully, take in, equivalent to con- con- + -cipere, combining form of capere to take
Related forms
con·ceiv·er, noun
non·con·ceiv·ing, noun, adjective
re·con·ceive, verb, -ceived, -ceiving.
un·con·ceived, adjective
well-con·ceived, adjective
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Word Origin & History
conceive
late 13c., 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
EXPANDinto the mind" is from mid-14c.
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Medical Dictionary
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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