Conceive

Quick meaning: Conceive is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To have a child; to become pregnant (with).

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To have a child; to become pregnant (with).

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
2. (ambitransitive with of, ditransitive) To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.
3. (transitive) To understand (someone).

Example Sentences

Can you conceive of him as a leader?

She hath also conceived a son in her old age.

Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive.

We shall, / As I conceive the journey, be at the Mount / Before you, Lepidus.

Word Forms

• conceives
• conceiving
• conceived
• conceave

Synonyms for conceive

Depending on context, synonyms include consider, believe, think, conceptualize, ideate, conceptualise.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conceptualize, ideate, think, consider, believe, conceptualise.

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