[con.ceive] vb con.ceived ; con.ceiv.ing [ME, fr. MF conceivre, fr. L concipere to take in, conceive, fr. com- + capere to take--more at heave] vt (14c) 1 a: to become pregnant with (young) b: to cause to begin: originate
2. a: to take into one's mind "~ a prejudice" b: to form a conception of: imagine
3: to apprehend by reason or imagination: understand
4: to be of the opinion ~ vi 1: to become pregnant
2: to have a conception--usu. used with of "~s of death as emptiness" syn see think -- con.ceiv.er n