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Conceive

//kənˈsiːv// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To have a child; to become pregnant (with). ambitransitive

    "Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive."

  2. 2
    become pregnant; undergo conception wordnet
  3. 3
    To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine. transitive

    "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."

  4. 4
    judge or regard; look upon; judge wordnet
  5. 5
    To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of. ambitransitive, ditransitive, with-of

    "Can you conceive of him as a leader?"

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  1. 6
    have the idea for wordnet
  2. 7
    To understand (someone). transitive

    "I conceive you."

Etymology

From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).

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