Conceive

Conceive - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

CONCEIVE, v.t. [L., to take.]

1. To receive into the womb, and breed; to begin the formation of the embryo or fetus of animal.

Then shall she be free and conceive seed. Num 5. Heb 11.

Elisabeth hath conceived a son in her old age. Luke 1.

In sin did my mother conceive me. Psa 51.

2. To form in the mind; to imagine; to devise.

They conceive mischief and bring forth vanity. Job 15.

Nebuchadnezzar hath conceived a purpose against you. Jer 49.

3. To form an idea in the mind; to understand; to comprehend.

We cannot conceive the manner in which spirit operates upon matter.

4. To think; to be of opinion; to have an idea; to imagine.

You can hardly conceive this man to have been bred in the same climate.

CONCEIVE, v.i.

1. To have a fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

Thou shalt conceive and bear a son. Judg 13.

2. To think; to have a conception or idea.

Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. The grieved commons hardly conceive of me.

3. To understand; to comprehend; to have a complete idea of; as, I cannot conceive by what means this event has been produced.