conceive
conceive is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
- transitive verb. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
- transitive verb. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
- intransitive verb. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
- intransitive verb. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
- verb. become pregnant; undergo conception
"She cannot conceive"
"My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
- verb. judge or regard; look upon; judge
"I think he is very smart"
"I believe her to be very smart"
- verb. have the idea for
"He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"
"This library was well conceived"
Synonyms
believe, consider, think, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate
Common word forms
conceived, conceiver, conceives, conceiving
Words from these letters
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