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con·ceive (kən-sēv́)

[Middle English conceiven, from Old French concevoir, conceiv-, from Latin concipere, com-, intensive pref.; see com–, + capere, to take.]

verb: -ceived, -ceiv·ing, -ceives. 

transitive verb 

  1. To become pregnant with (offspring).
  2. To form or develop in the mind; devise: conceive a plan to increase profits.
  3. To apprehend mentally; understand: couldn't conceive the meaning of that sentence.
  4. To be of the opinion that; think: didn't conceive such a tragedy could occur.
  5. To begin or originate in a specific way: a political movement conceived in the ferment of the 1960s.

intransitive verb 

  1. To form or hold an idea: Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.
  2. To become pregnant.

derivatives

con·ceiv́a·biĺi·ty
noun
con·ceiv́a·ble
adjective
con·ceiv́a·bly
adverb
con·ceiv́er
noun