Conceive

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1. Verb

To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

2. Verb

To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.

3. Verb

To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.

4. Verb

To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

5. Verb

To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.

6. Verb

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"
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