Conceive

CONCEIVE, verb transitive [Latin , to take.]

1. To receive into the womb, and breed; to begin the formation of the embryo or fetus of animal.

Then shall she be free and conceive seed. [[Numbers 5#28|Numbers 5:28]]. [[Hebrews 11#11|Hebrews 11:11]].

Elisabeth hath conceived a son in her old age. [[Luke 1#31|Luke 1:31]].

In sin did my mother conceive me. [[Psalms 51#5|Psalms 51:5]].

2. To form in the mind; to imagine; to devise.

They conceive mischief and bring forth vanity. [[Job 15#35|Job 15:35]].

Nebuchadnezzar hath conceived a purpose against you. [[Jeremiah 49#30|Jeremiah 49:30]].

3. To form an idea in the mind; to understand; to comprehend.

We cannot conceive the manner in which spirit operates upon matter.

4. To think; to be of opinion; to have an idea; to imagine.

You can hardly conceive this man to have been bred in the same climate.

CONCEIVE, verb intransitive

1. To have a fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

Thou shalt conceive and bear a son. [[Judges 13#3|Judges 13:3]].

2. To think; to have a conception or idea.

CONCEIVE of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. The grieved commons hardly conceive of me.

3. To understand; to comprehend; to have a complete idea of; as, I cannot conceive by what means this event has been produced.