| conceive | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate | have the idea for.; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| ~ design | conceive or fashion in the mind; invent.; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day" |
| ~ preconceive | conceive beforehand.; "a preconceived notion" |
| ~ discover, find | make a discovery, make a new finding.; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. believe, conceive, consider, think | judge or regard; look upon; judge.; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" |
| ~ hold | remain committed to.; "I hold to these ideas" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ rethink | change one's mind.; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation" |
| ~ think | dispose the mind in a certain way.; "Do you really think so?" |
| ~ look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, esteem, look on, think of | look on as or consider.; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" |
| ~ feel | have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude.; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| v. (body) | 3. conceive | become pregnant; undergo conception.; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" |
| ~ superfetate | conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus. |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
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