Definitions for Conceive
kənˈsivcon·ceive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualiseverb

   have the idea for

   "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

2. think, believe, consider, conceiveverb

   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"

3. conceiveverb

   become pregnant; undergo conception

   "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. conceiveverb

   To develop an idea.

2. conceiveverb

   To understand someone.

3. conceiveverb

   To become pregnant.

4. Etymology: From conceiven, from concevoir, concever, from concipere, from con- + capio. Compare deceive, perceive, receive.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CONCEIVEverb

   Etymology: concevoir, Fr. concipere, Latin.

   1. To admit into the womb.

   I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psalm li. 5.

   2. To form in the mind; to imagine.

   Nebuchadnezzar hath conceived a purpose against you. Jer.

   3. To comprehend; to understand. He conceives the whole system.

   This kiss, if it durst speak,
   Would stretch thy spirits up into the air:
   Conceive, and fare thee well. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   4. To think; to be of opinion.

   If you compare my gentlemen with Sir John, you will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Conceiveverb

   1. To think; to have an idea of.

   The griev’d commons
   Hardly conceive of me: let it be nois’d,
   That, through our intercession, this revokement
   And pardon comes. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures; conceive of things completely in all their parts; conceive of things comprehensively in all their properties and relations; conceive of things extensively in all their kinds; conceive of things orderly, or in a proper method. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   2. To become pregnant.

   The flocks should conceive when they came to drink. Gen.

   The beauteous maid, whom he beheld, possess’d:
   Conceiving as she slept, her fruitful womb
   Swell’d with the founder of immortal Rome. Addison.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conceive

   Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a new individual organism or offspring and initiate its development. While processes such as insemination or pollination which happen before the fusion of gametes are also sometimes informally referred to as fertilisation, these are technically separate processes. The cycle of fertilisation and development of new individuals is called sexual reproduction. During double fertilisation in angiosperms the haploid male gamete combines with two haploid polar nuclei to form a triploid primary endosperm nucleus by the process of vegetative fertilisation.

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1. conceive

   To conceive means to form or develop an idea, thought, plan, or understanding in one's mind. It can also refer to the action of becoming pregnant or starting the process of producing a baby.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Conceiveverb

   to receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of

2. Conceiveverb

   to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope

3. Conceiveverb

   to apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand

4. Conceiveverb

   to have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant

5. Conceiveverb

   to have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Conceive

   kon-sēv′, 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. [O. Fr. concever—L. concipĕre, conceptum, from con, and capĕre, to take.]

Matched Categories

1. • Change State
   • Create By Mental Act
   • Judge

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Conceive' in Verbs Frequency: #779

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How to pronounce Conceive?

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How to say Conceive in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Conceive in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Conceive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Conceive in a Sentence

1. Gareth Price:

   When they arrived last time around, it was after a civil war. There was nothing. Now they're inheriting a system of government that, however imperfect, does exist, the question that no one knows the answer to is how The Taliban conceive of government.

2. Seth Shostak:

   The universe is three times as old as the earth. There's plenty of time for societies to arise that are not just a thousand years more advanced than we are, but they could be a billion years more advanced than we are, so if you ask yourself, ‘What could that kind of a society do?’ There are things they could do that we simply can't conceive of.

3. Jonathan Swift:

   Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

4. Jamie Grifo:

   The social trend of delaying childbearing -- the older age of women when trying to conceive -- is the single biggest factor in infertility today.

5. A Bartlett Giamatti:

   Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Conceive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Conceive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Conceive
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceive
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Conceive
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Conceive
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Conceive