conceive

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

con·ceive (kən-sēvʹ)v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceivesv. tr.
1. To become pregnant with (offspring).
2. To form or develop in the mind; devise:
conceive a plan to increase profits.
3. To apprehend mentally; understand:
couldn't conceive the meaning of that sentence.
4. To be of the opinion that; think:
didn't conceive such a tragedy could occur.
5. To begin or originate in a specific way:
a political movement conceived in the ferment of the 1960s.v. intr.
1. To form or hold an idea:
Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.
2. To become pregnant. [Middle English conceiven, from Old French concevoir, conceiv-, from Latin concipere: com-, intensive pref.; see com- + capere, to take; See kap- in Indo-European Roots.] con·ceiv'a·bilʹi·ty or con·ceivʹa·ble·ness n.con·ceivʹa·ble adj.con·ceivʹa·bly adv.con·ceivʹer n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  think, believe, consider, gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise