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English Dictionary: conceive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conceive v have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived" Synonym(s): gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise 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" Synonym(s): think, believe, consider, conceive become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conceive \Conceive"\, v. i. 1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant. A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. --Isa. vii. 14. 2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of. Conceive* of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conceive \Conceive"\, 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. She hath also conceived a son in her old age. --Luke i. 36. 2. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive* a purpose, plan, hope. 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. Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. --Is. lix. 13. 3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. [bd]I conceive you.[b8] --Hawthorne. O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! --Shak. You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. --Swift. Syn: To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.