con·ceive /kənˈsiv/
 (vt.)搆思,以為(vi.)懷孕


 con·ceive /kənˈsɪv/ 動詞
 受孕,接受


 Con·ceive v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceived p. pr. & vb. n. Conceiving.]
 1. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
    She hath also conceived a son in her old age.   --Luke i. 36.
 2. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
    It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.   --Gibbon.
    Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.   --Is. lix. 13.
 3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. “I conceive you.”
 O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart
 Cannot conceive nor name thee!   --Shak.
    You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate.   --Swift.
 Syn: -- To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.


 Con·ceive, v. i.
 1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
    A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son.   --Isa. vii. 14.
 2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
    Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures.   --I. Watts.

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 conceive
      v 1: have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help
           paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
           [syn: gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise]
      2: judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very
         smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he
         is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be
         inferior" [syn: think, believe, consider]
      3: become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive";
         "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"