Conceive

[kən'siːv] or [kən'siv]

Definition

(verb.) become pregnant; undergo conception; 'She cannot conceive'; 'My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day'.

Typist: Naomi--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

(v. t.) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.

(v. t.) To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.

(v. i.) To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

(v. i.) To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.

Editor: Miles

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Imagine, devise, think of, form in the mind.[2]. Apprehend, suppose, think.

v. n. [1]. Become pregnant.[2]. Think, imagine, have an idea, form a conception.

Typed by Angelo

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Imagine, apprehend, believe, suppose, design, think, understand

ANT:Produce, express, propound, declare, execute, misconceive

Checker: Neil

Definition

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.

Checker: Uriah

Examples

Editor: Maris

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