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   Conceive , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceived ; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceiving.] [OF. conzoivre, concever, conceveir, F. concevoir, fr. L. oncipere to take, to conceive; con- + capere to seize or take. See Capable, and cf. Conception.]
    To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
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   She hath also conceived a son in her old age.
   Luke i. 36.
   
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   To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
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   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.
   Gibbon.
   
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   Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
   Is. lix. 13.
   
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   To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. “I conceive you.”
   Hawthorne.
   
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   O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart
   Cannot conceive nor name thee!
   Shak.
   
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   You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate.
   Swift.
   Syn. -- To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.
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   Conceive, v. i.
   To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
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   A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son.
   Isa. vii. 14.
   
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   To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
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   Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures.
   I. Watts.
   
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