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1. (v.t.) conceive
to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.):
He conceived the project while on vacation.
2. conceive
to form a notion or idea of; imagine:
Would you ever have conceived such behavior in public?
3. conceive
to hold as an opinion; think; believe:
I can't conceive that it would be of any use.
4. conceive
to experience or form (a feeling):
to conceive a great love for music.
5. conceive
to become pregnant with.
6. conceive
to begin, originate, or found (something) in a particular way (usu. used in the passive):
a new nation conceived in liberty.
7. conceive
Archaic. to understand; comprehend.
8. (v.i.) conceive
to form an idea; think (usu. fol. by of).
9. conceive
to become pregnant.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < AF, OF conceivre < L concipere to take fully, take in =con-con - +-cipere, comb. form of capere to take)
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| Definition of 'conceive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise
have the idea for
"He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
2. (verb) think, believe, consider, conceive
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"
3. (verb) conceive
become pregnant; undergo conception
"She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
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1. (verb) conceive
to imagine an idea or create a plan; = think of
the first to conceive of the idea of lending books; I couldn't conceive why he would do it.
2. conceive
conceive what/how/who etc.
to become pregnant
***couples who cannot conceive a child
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| Definition of 'conceive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) conceive
to receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of
2. (verb) conceive
to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope
3. (verb) conceive
to apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand
4. (verb) conceive
to have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant
5. (verb) conceive
to have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of
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Sense: to form (an idea etc) in the mind.
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 Afrikaans: bedink, uitdink |
 Arabic: يُكَوِّنُ فِكْرَةً في عَق |
 Bulgarian: скроявам |
 Brazilian: conceber |
 Czech: pojmout |
 German: ersinnen |
 Danish: udtænke; finde på |
 Greek: συλλαμβάνω |
 Spanish: concebir |
 Estonian: (mõttes) kavandama |
 Farsi: اندیشیدن |
 Finnish: ajatella |
 French: concevoir |
 Hebrew: לְהֲגוֹת |
 Hindi: कोई विचार बनाना |
 Croatian: zamisliti, koncipirati |
 Hungarian: kigondol |
 Indonesian: memikirkan |
 Icelandic: hugsa upp |
 Italian: concepire |
 Japanese: ～と考える |
 Korean: 착상하다 |
 Lithuanian: suvokti |
 Latvian: nodomāt; iecerēt |
 Malay: memikirkan |
 Norwegian: finne på, tenke ut |
 Polish: pomyśleć, wymyślić |
 Persian: اندیشیدن |
 Pashto: احساسول: بلار بيدل: فكر ك |
 Portuguese: conceber |
 Romanian: a concepe |
 Russian: замышлять |
 Slovak: zmocniť sa |
 Slovenian: zamisliti si |
 Serbian: smisliti |
 Swedish: tänka ut, hitta på |
 Thai: คิด |
 Turkish: tasarlamak, kurmak |
 Taiwanese: 想出(主意) |
 Ukrainian: задумувати; складати |
 Urdu: ذہن میں تصور لانا |
 Vietnamese: quan niệm |
 Chinese: 构想出（主意） |
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