'Conceived' definitions:
Definition of 'Conceived'
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 'conceived'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appreciated,
- apprehended,
- ascertained,
- coined,
- comprehended,
- discerned,
- discovered,
- down pat,
- fabricated,
- grasped,
- invented,
- known,
- made-up,
- minted,
- new-minted,
- originated,
- pat,
- perceived,
- prehended,
- realized,
- recognized,
- seized,
- understood