conceive
- (ambitransitive) To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
- (transitive) To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
- (ambitransitive, ditransitive, with-of) To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.
- (transitive) To understand (someone).
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈsiːv/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).
become pregnant
be pregnant
be with child
get pregnant
concevoir
concepire
concebir
conceber
empfangen
συλλαμβάνω
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