conceive.
To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
Meaning & usage
To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive.
To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.
Can you conceive of him as a leader?
To understand (someone).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).
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