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Conceive
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CONCEIVE, L., to take.
1. 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 . Hebrew 11.
Elisabeth hath conceived a son in her old age. Luke 1 .
In sin did my mother conceive me. Psalms 51 .
2. To form in the mind to imagine to devise.
They conceive mischief and bring forth vanity. Job 15 .
Nebuchadnezzar hath conceived a purpose against you. Jeremiah 49 .
3. To form an idea in the mind to understand to comprehend.
We cannot conceive the manner in which spirit operates upon matter.
4. 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.
CONCEIVE,
1. To have a fetus formed in the womb to breed to become pregnant.
Thou shalt conceive and bear a son. Judges 13 .
2. 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.
3. To understand to comprehend to have a complete idea of as, I cannot conceive by what means this event has been produced.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Conceive'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/conceive.html.
Entry for 'Conceive'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/conceive.html.
