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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

conceived by the company's founder

to take into one's mind //conceive a prejudice

to form a conception of imagine //a badly conceived design //cleverly conceived teleplays

to apprehend by reason or imagination understand //unable to conceive his reasons //It is easy enough to conceive the notion that your island is a sort of fortress. — Paul Theroux

to have as an opinion //I cannot conceive that he acted alone.

intransitive verb

to become pregnant

to have a conception —usually used with of //conceives of death as emptiness //It is hard to conceive of all the work that must have been involved in starting off from scratch. — Harold Fromm

Other Words

conceiver noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

conceit [chiefly dialect] conjure (up) dream envisage envision fancy fantasize fantasy feature ideate image imagine picture see vision visualize

Examples

//When the writer conceived this role, he had a specific actor in mind to play the part.
//As conceived by the committee, the bill did not raise taxes.
//a woman who has been unable to conceive
//a woman who has been unable to conceive a child

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French conceivre, from Latin concipere to take in, conceive, from com- + capere to take — more at heave entry 1

conceive

verb

Synonyms

to form a mental picture of //it takes an idealist to conceive a world without war, and an activist to make it happen
Synonyms

conceit [chiefly dialect] conjure (up) dream envisage envision fancy fantasize fantasy feature ideate image imagine picture see vision visualize
Related Words

daydream stargaze
hallucinate
re-create reflect relive reminisce
contemplate meditate muse ponder ruminate
concoct fabricate invent make up manufacture plan project
foresee prefigure
to have a clear idea of // conceived by the company's founder
to take into one's mind //conceive a prejudice
to form a conception of imagine //a badly conceived design //cleverly conceived teleplays
to apprehend by reason or imagination understand //unable to conceive his reasons //It is easy enough to conceive the notion that your island is a sort of fortress. — Paul Theroux
to have as an opinion //I cannot conceive that he acted alone.
intransitive verb
to become pregnant
to have a conception —usually used with of //conceives of death as emptiness //It is hard to conceive of all the work that must have been involved in starting off from scratch. — Harold Fromm

Other Words

conceiver noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

conceit [chiefly dialect] conjure (up) dream envisage envision fancy fantasize fantasy feature ideate image imagine picture see vision visualize

Examples

//When the writer conceived this role, he had a specific actor in mind to play the part.
//As conceived by the committee, the bill did not raise taxes.
//a woman who has been unable to conceive
//a woman who has been unable to conceive a child

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French conceivre, from Latin concipere to take in, conceive, from com- + capere to take — more at heave entry 1

conceive

verb

Synonyms

to form a mental picture of //it takes an idealist to conceive a world without war, and an activist to make it happen
Synonyms

conceit [chiefly dialect] conjure (up) dream envisage envision fancy fantasize fantasy feature ideate image imagine picture see vision visualize
Related Words

daydream stargaze
hallucinate
re-create reflect relive reminisce
contemplate meditate muse ponder ruminate
concoct fabricate invent make up manufacture plan project
foresee prefigure
to have a clear idea of //