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"