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Word entry · 8 letters

conceive

Best crossword clue

"Form an idea"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /kənˈsiːv/Part of speech verbSorted cceeinovStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. become pregnant; undergo conception

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive.
  • She hath also conceived a son in her old age.
  • 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.

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