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Conception

Conception Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Conception? [n] the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon [n] the creation of something in the mind [n] an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances [n] the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Conception: concept \| construct \| creation \| design \| excogitation \| innovation \| invention Related Terms \| Find terms related to Conception: abstract thought \| act of thought \| appreciation \| apprehension \| approach \| arrangement \| artistic imagination \| assumption \| attack \| attitude \| authorship \| beginning \| birth \| blueprint \| blueprinting \| brain \| brains \| brainwork \| calculation \| caliber \| Calliope \| capacity \| cerebration \| charting \| clairvoyance \| climate of opinion \| Clio \| clue \| cogitation \| coinage \| coming with child \| command \| commencement \| common belief \| community sentiment \| comprehension \| 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linguistic rule \| natural law \| notion \| part \| possibility \| property \| quantity \| regulation \| rule \| section \| sex \| sex activity \| sexual activity \| sexual practice \| theory \| thought \| whole Conception In Webster's Dictionary \Con*cep"tion\, n. [F. conception, L. conceptio, fr. concipere to conceive. See {Conceive}.] 1. The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life. I will greaty multiply thy sorrow and thy conception. --Gen. iii. 16. 2. The state of being conceived; beginning. Joy had the like conception in our eyes. --Shak. 3. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception. Under the article of conception, I shall confine myself to that faculty whose province it is to enable us to form a notion of our past sensations, or of the objects of sense that we have formerly perceived. --Stewart. 4. The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension. Conception consists in a conscious act of the understanding, bringing any given object or impression into the same class with any number of other objects or impression, by means of some character or characters common to them all. --Coleridge. 5. The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See {Concept}. He [Herodotus] says that the sun draws or attracts the water; a metaphorical term obviously intended to denote some more general and abstract conception than that of the visible operation which the word primarily signifies. --Whewell. 6. Idea; purpose; design. Note this dangerous conception. --Shak. 7. Conceit; affected sentiment or thought. [Obs.] He . . . is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticism. --Dryden. Syn: Idea; notion; perception; apprehemsion; comprehension.

Conception Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Conception?

[n] the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
[n] the creation of something in the mind
[n] an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
[n] the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"

Conception In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*cep"tion\, n. [F. conception, L. conceptio, fr.
concipere to conceive. See {Conceive}.]
1. The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an
   embryonic animal life.

         I will greaty multiply thy sorrow and thy
         conception.                           --Gen. iii.
                                               16.

2. The state of being conceived; beginning.

         Joy had the like conception in our eyes. --Shak.

3. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in
   the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or
   perception.

         Under the article of conception, I shall confine
         myself to that faculty whose province it is to
         enable us to form a notion of our past sensations,
         or of the objects of sense that we have formerly
         perceived.                            --Stewart.

4. The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion,
   apprehension.

         Conception consists in a conscious act of the
         understanding, bringing any given object or
         impression into the same class with any number of
         other objects or impression, by means of some
         character or characters common to them all.
                                               --Coleridge.

5. The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is
   formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the
   product of a rational belief or judgment. See {Concept}.

         He [Herodotus] says that the sun draws or attracts
         the water; a metaphorical term obviously intended to
         denote some more general and abstract conception
         than that of the visible operation which the word
         primarily signifies.                  --Whewell.

6. Idea; purpose; design.

         Note this dangerous conception.       --Shak.

7. Conceit; affected sentiment or thought. [Obs.]

         He . . . is full of conceptions, points of epigram,
         and witticism.                        --Dryden.

Syn: Idea; notion; perception; apprehemsion; comprehension.

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