'Conceive' definitions:

Definition of 'conceive'

(from WordNet)
verb
Have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived" [syn: gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise]
verb
Judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" [syn: think, believe, consider, conceive]
verb
Become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

Definition of 'Conceive'

From: GCIDE
  • Conceive \Con*ceive"\, v. i.
  • 1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant. [1913 Webster]
  • A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. --Isa. vii. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of. [1913 Webster]
  • Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Conceive'

From: GCIDE
  • Conceive \Con*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceiving.] [OF. conzoivre, concever, conceveir, F. concevoir, fr. L. oncipere to take, to conceive; con- + capere to seize or take. See Capable, and cf. Conception.]
  • 1. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of. [1913 Webster]
  • She hath also conceived a son in her old age. --Luke i. 36. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster]
  • Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. --Is. lix. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. "I conceive you." --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. --Swift.
  • Syn: To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'conceive'

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