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conceive

con·ceive

UK/kənˈsiːv/ US/kʌˈnsiv/ fairly common

verb

1.

have the idea for

  • “He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients”
  • “This library was well conceived”
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2.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

  • “I think he is very smart”
  • “I believe her to be very smart”
  • “I think that he is her boyfriend”
  • “The racist conceives such people to be inferior”
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3.

become pregnant; undergo conception

  • “She cannot conceive”
  • “My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day”

Origin

From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).

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