Conceive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To become pregnant with (offspring).
  • v. To form or develop in the mind; devise: conceive a plan to increase profits.
  • v. To apprehend mentally; understand: couldn't conceive the meaning of that sentence.
  • v. To be of the opinion that; think: didn't conceive such a tragedy could occur.
  • v. To begin or originate in a specific way: a political movement conceived in the ferment of the 1960s.
  • verb-intransitive. To form or hold an idea: Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.
  • verb-intransitive. To become pregnant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To develop an idea.
  • v. To understand someone.
  • v. To become pregnant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
  • v. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate.
  • v. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
  • verb-intransitive. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To apprehend in the mind; form a distinct and correct notion of, or a notion which is not absurd: as, we cannot conceive an effect without a cause.
  • To form as a general notion in the mind; represent in a general notion or conception in the mind; hence, design; plan; devise.
  • To hold as an opinion; think; suppose; believe.
  • To admit into the mind; have a sense or impression of; feel; experience.
  • To formulate in words; express: as, he received a letter conceived in the following terms.
  • To understand.
  • To become pregnant with; bring into existence in the womb in an embryonic state.
  • To generate; give rise to; bring into existence.
  • To take in a mental image; have or form a conception or idea; have apprehension; think: with of.
  • To hold an opinion: with of.
  • To understand.
  • To become pregnant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. become pregnant; undergo conception
  • v. have the idea for
  • v. judge or regard; look upon; judge
  • Verb Form
    conceived    conceives    conceiving   
    Cross Reference
    imagine    devise    think    understand   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    think    suppose    understand    imagine    comprehend    believe    apprehend    plan    devise    generate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eve    Kleve    Neave    Rajiv    Steve    achieve    aggrieve    aleve    believe    bereave