| conceivable | (adj) capable of being imagined, Syn. imaginable, Example: that is one possible answer |
| conceivableness | (n) the state of being conceivable, Syn. conceivability |
| conceivably | (adv) within the realm of possibility, Example: the weather may conceivably change |
| conceive | (v) become pregnant; undergo conception, Example: She cannot conceive; My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day |
| Conceivable | a. [ Cf. F. concevable. ] Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. “Any conceivable weight.” Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ] It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed. Atterbury. -- |
| Conceive | v. t. She hath also conceived a son in her old age. Luke i. 36. [ 1913 Webster ] It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ] Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. Is. lix. 13. [ 1913 Webster ] O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. Swift. |
| Conceive | v. i. A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. Isa. vii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ] Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Conceiver | n. One who conceives. [ 1913 Webster ] |