CONCEPTION

noun Etymology: Middle English concepcioun, from Anglo-French concepcion, from Latin ~-, conceptio, from concipere Date: 14th century 1. a. the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both, embryo , fetus , beginning , 2. the capacity, function, or process of forming or understanding ideas or abstractions or their symbols, a general idea ; concept , a complex product of abstract or reflective thinking, the sum of a person's ideas and beliefs concerning something, the originating of something in the mind, see: idea ~al adjective conceptive adjective