conceive
Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːv/
The English word “conceive” has 4 meanings listed here.
verb
- To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
- To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
- To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.
- To understand (someone).
Etymology
From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).
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