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   conceive

   /kənˈsiːv/

   verb

   • 1. create (an embryo) by fertilizing an egg: "she was conceived when her father was 49"
   • ▪ (of a woman) become pregnant: "five months ago Wendy conceived" Similar get pregnantbecome pregnantbecome impregnatedbecome inseminatedbecome fertilized
   • 2. form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind: "the dam project was originally conceived in 1977" Similar think upthink ofcome up withdream updraw updeviseformformulatedesignframeinventcoinoriginatecreatedevelopevolvehatchcook upcontrive
   • ▪ form a mental representation of; imagine: "without society an individual cannot be conceived as having rights" Similar imagineenvisagevisualizepicturepicture in one's mind's eyeconjure up an image ofthinkseeperceivegraspappreciateapprehendrare:envisionideate
   • ▪ become affected by (a feeling): literary "I had conceived a passion for another"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French concevoir, from Latin concipere, from com- ‘together’ + capere ‘take’.

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