Definition of conceive

• v. t. - To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
• v. t. - To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
• v. t. - To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
• v. i. - To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
• v. i. - To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.