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Conceive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Conceive? [v] become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" [v] judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" [v] have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Conceive: believe \| conceptualise \| conceptualize \| consider \| gestate \| think Related Terms \| Find terms related to Conceive: absorb \| accept \| account as \| animate \| appreciate \| apprehend \| assimilate \| assume \| author \| be acquainted with \| be afraid \| be apprised of \| be aware of \| be cognizant of \| be conscious of \| be conversant with \| be informed \| be with one \| bear \| beget \| believe \| breathe life into \| breed \| bring about \| bring forth \| bring into being \| bring into existence \| bring to effect \| bring to life \| bring to pass \| call into being \| call into existence \| catch \| catch on \| cause \| cerebrate \| cogitate \| cognize \| coin \| come with child \| compass \| comprehend \| conceit \| conceptualize \| conclude \| concoct \| conjure up \| consider \| contrive \| cook up \| couch \| couch in terms \| create \| daresay \| deduce \| deem \| design \| develop \| devise \| dig \| digest \| discern \| discover \| divine \| do \| dream \| dream up \| effect \| effectuate \| embody in words \| endow with life \| energize \| engender \| entertain ideas \| envisage \| envision \| establish \| esteem \| estimate \| evolve \| excogitate \| exercise the mind \| expect \| experience imaginatively \| express \| fabricate \| fancy \| fantasize \| father \| fathom \| feature \| feel \| fictionalize \| follow \| form \| form ideas \| formularize \| formulate \| found \| frame \| gather \| generate \| gestate \| get \| get hold of \| get the drift \| get the idea \| get the picture \| give being to \| give birth \| give birth to \| give expression to \| give life to \| give occasion to \| give origin to \| give rise to \| give words to \| grant \| grasp \| guess \| hatch \| have \| have a hunch \| have an idea \| have an impression \| have an inkling \| have information about \| have it taped \| have knowledge of \| have the idea \| heed \| hold \| hold as \| hypothesize \| ideate \| image \| imagine \| improvise \| inaugurate \| infer \| inspirit \| institute \| intellectualize \| invent \| judge \| ken \| know \| learn \| let \| let be \| look upon as \| maintain \| make \| make do with \| make out \| make up \| mark \| master \| mature \| meditate \| mint \| mold \| note \| notice \| observe \| occasion \| opine \| originate \| paragraph \| perceive \| phrase \| plan \| plot \| ponder \| posit \| possess \| postulate \| prefigure \| prehend \| present \| presume \| presuppose \| presurmise \| procreate \| produce \| provisionally accept \| put \| put in words \| quicken \| read \| realize \| reason \| reckon \| recognize \| regard \| remark \| repute \| rhetorize \| ruminate \| savvy \| say \| see \| seize \| seize the meaning \| sense \| set afloat \| set down as \| set on foot \| set out \| set up \| shape \| sire \| spawn \| speculate \| state \| strike out \| style \| suggest \| superfetate \| suppose \| surmise \| suspect \| take \| take for \| take for granted \| take in \| take it \| take to be \| think \| think out \| think up \| trow \| twig \| understand \| view as \| vision \| visualize \| vitalize \| vivify \| ween \| word \| work \| wot \| wot of See Also \| change state \| copulate \| couple \| create by mental act \| create mentally \| design \| discover \| esteem \| feel \| find \| hold \| judge \| look on \| look upon \| mate \| pair \| preconceive \| reckon \| regard \| regard as \| repute \| rethink \| see \| superfetate \| take to be \| think of \| turn \| view Conceive In Webster's Dictionary \Conceive"\, 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"\, 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.

Conceive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Conceive?

[v] become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
[v] judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
[v] have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

Conceive In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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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