v. 25B6; verb
she was unable to conceive : BECOME PREGNANT, become impregnated.
the project was conceived in 1977 : THINK UP, think of, dream up, devise, formulate, design, originate, create, develop; hatch; informal cook up.
I could hardly conceive what it must be like : IMAGINE, envisage, visualize, picture, think, envision; grasp, appreciate, apprehend.