Conceive

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  • intransitive verb. To become pregnant with (offspring).
  • intransitive verb. To form or develop in the mind.
  • intransitive verb. To apprehend mentally; understand.
  • intransitive verb. To be of the opinion that; think.
  • intransitive verb. To begin or originate in a specific way.
  • intransitive verb. To form or hold an idea.
  • intransitive verb. To become pregnant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To apprehend in the mind; form a distinct and correct notion of, or a notion which is not absurd: as, we cannot conceive an effect without a cause.
  • To form as a general notion in the mind; represent in a general notion or conception in the mind; hence, design; plan; devise.
  • To hold as an opinion; think; suppose; believe.
  • To admit into the mind; have a sense or impression of; feel; experience.
  • To formulate in words; express: as, he received a letter conceived in the following terms.
  • To understand.
  • To become pregnant with; bring into existence in the womb in an embryonic state.
  • To generate; give rise to; bring into existence.
  • To take in a mental image; have or form a conception or idea; have apprehension; think: with of.
  • To hold an opinion: with of.
  • To understand.
  • To become pregnant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
  • intransitive verb. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
  • transitive verb. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
  • transitive verb. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate.
  • transitive verb. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To develop an idea.
  • verb. To understand someone.
  • verb. To become pregnant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. become pregnant; undergo conception
  • verb. have the idea for
  • verb. judge or regard; look upon; judge
  • Word Usage
    ""Therefore, as a precautionary measure, our advice to pregnant women and women trying to conceive is to avoid alcohol.""
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