Conceiving

//kənˈsiːvɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Conception.

    "mere names that are put into our mouths, without any true conceivings of the things which they signify"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of conceive form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"But when the later coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward became laban's; and they of the first time Jacob's. And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maid-servants and men-servants, camels and asses."

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