conceive

con-ceive · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To form an idea or plan in the mind.

  2. 2.

    To become pregnant.

  3. 3.

    To understand or grasp mentally.

  4. 4.

    To think of something in a particular way.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    conceive of — to imagine or think of
  • •
    hard to conceive — difficult to imagine
  • •
    conceived in sin — born out of wedlock (archaic)

Related words

Antonyms: misunderstand
See also: conceived, conception, imagine, pregnant
Synonyms: become pregnant, create, devise, envision, imagine

Etymology

From Old French "concevoir," from Latin "concipere" meaning to take in or become pregnant, from "con-" (together) and "capere" (to take).