Conceive
verb — past tense: conceived ; past participle: conceived ; present participle: conceiving ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ of something; ~ something (as something) (to become pregnant, to form (an idea, plan, etc) in the mind, to imagine, to under stand) conceive a plan ផ្ដើម, ប្រឌិត, គិត, នឹក conceive a child ចាប់មានផ្ទៃពោះ, ទម្ងន់
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to become pregnant, to have a notion) ទៅជា, ប្រែជា, ក្លាយជា conceive of នឹកស្មានដល់ She didn't conceive មានផ្ទៃពោះ, ទម្ងន់
Example: The prisoners conceived a clever plan to escape.
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: conceived ; past participle: conceived ; present participle: conceiving ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
- 1.
- begin, comprehend, concoct, contrive, create, design, devise, fabricate, frame, grasp, invent, understand
- 1.
- copy, imitate, reproduce