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con·ceive [ kən sv ] (past and past participle con·ceived, present participle con·ceiv·ing, 3rd person present singular con·ceives)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb think of or imagine something: to form an idea or concept of something in your mind

2. transitive verb invent or devise something: to think up something such as a plan or an invention that could be put into action
conceived and written by John Sander

3. transitive verb start to experience something: to produce something from the mind such as an emotion

4. transitive and intransitive verb become pregnant: to become pregnant with a child or with young

5. transitive verb understand: to understand something

[13th century. < Old French conceiv-, stem of concevoir< Latin concipere "take in" < capere "seize, take"]

con·ceiv·er noun
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