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Synonyms of conceive in English:

conceive


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verb

1‘she was unable to conceive’

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get pregnant, become pregnant, become impregnated, become inseminated, become fertilized

2‘the project was conceived in 1977’

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think up, think of, come up with, dream up, draw up, devise, form, formulate, design, frame, invent, coin, originate, create, develop, evolve
hatch, cook up, contrive

3‘I could hardly conceive what it must be like in winter’

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imagine, envisage, visualize, picture, picture in one's mind's eye, conjure up an image of, think, see, perceive, grasp, appreciate, apprehend
rare envision, ideate