conceive

Definitions


[kənˈsiːv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- create (an embryo) by fertilizing an egg
(e.g: she was conceived when her father was 49)

- form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind
(e.g: the dam project was originally conceived in 1977)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French concevoir, from Latin concipere, from com- ‘together’ + capere ‘take’




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