What does conceive mean?
Definitions for conceive
kənˈsivcon·ceive
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word conceive.
Princeton's WordNet
gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualiseverb
have the idea for
"He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
think, believe, consider, conceiveverb
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"
conceiveverb
become pregnant; undergo conception
"She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
Wiktionary
conceiveverb
To develop an idea.
conceiveverb
To understand someone.
conceiveverb
To become pregnant.
Etymology: From conceiven, from concevoir, concever, from concipere, from con- + capio. Compare deceive, perceive, receive.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To CONCEIVEverb
Etymology: concevoir, Fr. concipere, Latin.
I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psalm li. 5.
Nebuchadnezzar hath conceived a purpose against you. Jer.
This kiss, if it durst speak,
Would stretch thy spirits up into the air:
Conceive, and fare thee well. William Shakespeare, King Lear.If you compare my gentlemen with Sir John, you will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. Jonathan Swift.
To Conceiveverb
The griev’d commons
Hardly conceive of me: let it be nois’d,
That, through our intercession, this revokement
And pardon comes. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures; conceive of things completely in all their parts; conceive of things comprehensively in all their properties and relations; conceive of things extensively in all their kinds; conceive of things orderly, or in a proper method. Isaac Watts, Logick.
The flocks should conceive when they came to drink. Gen.
The beauteous maid, whom he beheld, possess’d:
Conceiving as she slept, her fruitful womb
Swell’d with the founder of immortal Rome. Addison.
Wikipedia
conceive
Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a new individual organism or offspring and initiate its development. While processes such as insemination or pollination which happen before the fusion of gametes are also sometimes informally referred to as fertilisation, these are technically separate processes. The cycle of fertilisation and development of new individuals is called sexual reproduction. During double fertilisation in angiosperms the haploid male gamete combines with two haploid polar nuclei to form a triploid primary endosperm nucleus by the process of vegetative fertilisation.
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conceive
To conceive means to form or develop an idea, thought, plan, or understanding in one's mind. It can also refer to the action of becoming pregnant or starting the process of producing a baby.
Webster Dictionary
Conceiveverb
to receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of
Conceiveverb
to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope
Conceiveverb
to apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand
Conceiveverb
to have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant
Conceiveverb
to have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Conceive
kon-sēv′, v.t. to receive into and form in the womb: to form in the mind: to imagine or think: to understand: to express.—v.i. to become pregnant: to think.—ns. Conceivabil′ity, Conceiv′ableness.—adj. Conceiv′able, that may be conceived, understood, or believed.—adv. Conceiv′ably.—adj. Conceived′, imagined, thought. [O. Fr. concever—L. concipĕre, conceptum, from con, and capĕre, to take.]
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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'conceive' in Verbs Frequency: #779
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of conceive in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of conceive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of conceive in a Sentence
I am confident Kohver will be freed earlier than we can currently conceive.
God can do above and beyond what a mind can ever conceive.
Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive.
I conceive the essential task of religion to be "to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind".
The images of therianthropes may also represent the earliest evidence for our capacity to conceive of things that do not exist in the natural world, a basic concept that underpins modern religion, therianthropes occur in the folklore or narrative fiction of almost every modern society, and they are perceived as gods, spirits or ancestral beings in many religions worldwide.
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- حبلArabic
- схващам, забременявам, замислям, разбирам, забременеяBulgarian
- koncipovat, otěhotnět, formulovat, pochopit, chápat, vymyslet, počítCzech
- forståDanish
- erdenken, verstehen, empfangen, konzipieren, schwanger werden, ersinnenGerman
- gravediĝi, koncipiEsperanto
- concebirSpanish
- käsitama, rasestumaEstonian
- حامله شدنPersian
- tulla raskaaksi, kehitellä, ymmärtää, suunnitellaFinnish
- tomber enceinte, concevoirFrench
- teherbe esik, felfog, elképzel, megértHungarian
- հղիանալ, հղանալArmenian
- membayangkanIndonesian
- concepireItalian
- להרותHebrew
- 妊娠, おめでた, 孕む, 思い付くJapanese
- 배다Korean
- teneo, concipioLatin
- whakaira tangataMāori
- zwanger wordenDutch
- conceberPortuguese
- замышлять, понимать, беременеть, зачать, забеременетьRussian
- shvatiti, zamisliti, začetiSerbo-Croatian
- zanositiSlovene
- krijoj, mendojAlbanian
- düşünmek, anlamak, gebe kalmak, yaratmak, hamile kalmakTurkish
- зачатиUkrainian
- 構想Chinese
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