conceive

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To have a child; to become pregnant (with). ambitransitive
    — Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive.
  2. To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine. transitive
    — It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.
  3. To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of. ambitransitive,ditransitive,with-of
    — Can you conceive of him as a leader?
  4. To understand (someone). transitive
    — I conceive you.

词形变化

conceives present,singular,third-person conceiving participle,present conceived participle,past conceived past conceave alternative,obsolete concieve alternative,misspelling

词源

From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).
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