Verb
To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. Jonathan Swift
I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy. Charles Baudelaire
I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it. Anne Hutchinson
As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent. Anthony Trollope
To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed. Ernest Renan
Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation. Walt Disney