conceived

Variant of conceive

conceive definition

con·ceive (kən sēv′)

transitive verb conceived -·ceived′, conceiving -·ceiv′·ing

  1. to become pregnant with; cause to begin life
  2. to form or develop in the mind
  3. to hold as one's conviction or opinion; think; imagine
  4. to understand; apprehend
  5. to put in words; couch; express

Etymology: ME conceiven < OFr conceveir < L concipere (pp. conceptus), to take in, receive < com-, together + capere, to take: see have

intransitive verb

  1. to become pregnant
  2. to form a concept or idea (of)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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