conceive
/kənˈsiːv/
verb
- To become pregnant with a baby.
- The couple was overjoyed when they learned she had conceived.
- She conceived her first child at the age of thirty.
- Many women conceive within a year of trying to have a baby.
- To form an idea, plan, or concept in the mind; to imagine or think of something.
- The architect conceived a brilliant design for the new museum.
- It is hard to conceive a world without the internet.
- He conceived the idea for his novel while traveling through Europe.