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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
conceive/kənˈsiːv/

▶verb

1 become pregnant with (a child).

2 devise in the mind; imagine.

– origin ME: from OFr. concevoir, from L. concipere, from com- ‘together’ + capere ‘take’.

'conceive' also found in these Oxford entries:

conceit - concept - conception - conceptus - contraption - envisage - fertile

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