to conceive
- verb
- /kənˈsiːv/
- Is there any chance you would conceive another child with Greg Paul?
- conceive a child
- failure to conceive
- unable to conceive
So our child was conceived in Peter Jones's bed.
- So our child was conceived in Peter Jones's bed.
- It's saying this is this woman has conceived and she will bear a son.
- And there was it was both hard for her to conceive and hard for her to carry.
- Well, for example, somebody could conceive a child that they know would suffer horribly.
- For me, the first obvious thing is that the trying to conceive sex schedule is gone.
- It's also a very, very common cause of a woman's inability to conceive or get pregnant.
- So, so that's where I were conceived on a cruise ship and that's where I got my name.
- Some of them, like abortion, act after you've conceived.
- She's like, Anne, OK, girl, we knew when you were conceived.
- I've had multiple women in my clinic who had PCOS who could not conceive, couldn't couldn't get pregnant.
- My when when you and dad did the special hug and conceived me, my universe was created.
- And then afterwards the couple was able to successfully conceive.
- Congratulations to Talia Mar and Simon Minter on conceiving.
- Were they addicted to heroin and speed whilst you were conceived?
Examples
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So our child was conceived in Peter Jones's bed.
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It's also a very, very common cause of a woman's inability to conceive or get pregnant.
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It's saying this is this woman has conceived and she will bear a son.
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But before they before we even conceived a child, I created the environment for him.
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All three of my brothers and sisters were conceived and born in Saint Louis.
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And after these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and for five months she hid herself.
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Gus, if we conceive this month, we would have the baby in January.
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Top comment you just said to a couple that has been struggling to conceive to the point of paying for IVF.
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Marie said that she had miscarried a child prior to conceiving Child Three.
Academic text (2000) -
After a year of trying to conceive, I was excited to learn I was pregnant.
Synonyms
To make a woman, female animal, or an egg start to grow a baby
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Etymology
Conceive comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and capere 'to take', and it was used for 'taking in' new life. So, to conceive a child is to 'take in' or receive a new life in the body.