Word Definition

Conceive

  1. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
  2. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
  3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
  4. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
  5. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

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