Conceive
/kənˈsiːv/ verb
verb ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To have a child; to become pregnant (with). ambitransitive
"Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive."
- 2 become pregnant; undergo conception wordnet
- 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 judge or regard; look upon; judge wordnet
- 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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- 6 have the idea for wordnet
- 7 To understand (someone). transitive
"I conceive you."
Antonyms
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More examples"I cannot conceive why she has done such a thing."
Etymology
From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).