To receive into the womb, and breed; to begin the formation of the embryo or fetus of animal. Then shall she be free and conceive seed. Numbers 5:28; Hebrews 11:11. Elisabeth hath conceived a son in her old age. Luke 71:36. In sin did my mother conceive me.Psalm 57:5.

To form in the mind; to imagine; to devise. They conceive mischief and bring forth vanity. Job 15:35. Nebuchadnezzar hath conceived a purpose against you. Jeremiah 49:30.

To form an idea in the mind; to understand; to comprehend. We cannot conceive the manner in which spirit operates upon matter.

To think; to be of opinion; to have an idea; to imagine. You can hardly conceive this man to have been bred in the same climate.

To have a fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant. Thou shalt conceive and bear a son]udges 13:3.

To think; to have a conception or idea. Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. The grieved commons hardly conceive of me.

To understand; to comprehend; to have a complete idea of; as, I cannot conceive by what means this event has been produced.