conceive

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to have the idea for

   They conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients.

2. 2
   verb

   To have a child; to become pregnant (with).

   Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive.

3. 3
   verb

   To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.

   It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.

4. 4
   verb

   To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.

   Can you conceive of him as a leader?

5. 5
   verb

   To understand (someone).

   I conceive you.

6. 6
   verb

   to become pregnant

7. 7
   verb

   to judge or regard

Etymology

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