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# conceive

«conceive» in Mova's school dictionary: **To form an idea or plan in the mind; to imagine or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (conceive, conceives, conceived, conceiving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To form an idea or plan in the mind; to imagine or understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceive/#m1)

2) To begin to have a feeling, such as love or respect, for someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceive/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a king who suddenly feels great affection for a girl; a man who says "you can conceive" what he saw

### examples

- I cannot conceive how the cat got on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceive/#x1)
- The king conceived a strong affection for her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceive/#x2)
- They conceived a great respect for her wisdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceive/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.891/)
- [And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.893/)
- [And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.904/)
- [And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.907/)
- [And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.911/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conceive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.