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conceive

Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːv/

The English word “conceive” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
  2. To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
  3. To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.
  4. 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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