Antonyms for conceive
kənˈsivcon·ceive

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1. conceive

   We perceive what is presented through the senses. We apprehend what is presented to the mind, whether through the senses or by any other means. Yet perceive is used in the figurative sense of seeing through to a conclusion, in a way for which usage would not allow us to substitute apprehend; as, "Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet," John iv, 19. That which we apprehend we catch, as with the hand; that which we conceive we are able to analyze and recompose in our mind; that which we comprehend, we, as it were, grasp around, take together, seize, embrace wholly within the mind. Many things may be apprehended which can not be comprehended; a child can apprehend the distinction between right and wrong, yet the philosopher can not comprehend it in its fulness. We can apprehend the will of God as revealed in conscience or the Scriptures; we can conceive of certain attributes of Deity, as his truth and justice; but no finite intelligence can comprehend the Divine Nature, in its majesty, power, and perfection. Compare ANTICIPATE; ARREST; CATCH; KNOWLEDGE.

   Antonyms:
   fail of, ignore, lose, misapprehend, misconceive, miss, overlook

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, comprehend, perceive, understand

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. conceive

   Antonyms:
   produce, express, propound, declare, execute, misconceive

   Synonyms:
   imagine, apprehend, believe, suppose, design, think, understand

Matched Categories

1. • Change State
   • Create By Mental Act
   • Judge

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualiseverb

   have the idea for

   "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

   Synonyms:
   conceptualise, gestate, expect, believe, consider, carry, conceptualize, think, have a bun in the oven, bear

2. think, believe, consider, conceiveverb

   judge or regard; look upon; judge

   "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

   Synonyms:
   cerebrate, conceptualize, suppose, mean, reckon, debate, trust, weigh, view, conceptualise, deliberate, take, study, call up, see, guess, deal, moot, think, intend, opine, recollect, imagine, count, recall, believe, turn over, call back, regard, gestate, consider, remember, cogitate, retrieve, look at

3. conceiveverb

   become pregnant; undergo conception

   "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

   Synonyms:
   consider, believe, conceptualize, gestate, think, conceptualise

How to use conceive in a sentence?

1. Robert Millikan:

   I conceive the essential task of religion to be to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind.

2. Florence Nightingale:

   To be a fellow worker with God is the highest aspiration of which we can conceive man capable.

3. Alfred Sommer:

   To most people, especially ophthalmologists, common sense would suggest that there is little harm in simply measuring the vision at a distance during a patient’s routine visit to their primary care physician, nor can one conceive how that might prove harmful.

4. Osho, My Way: The Way of The White Clouds:

   Your existence is so tiny.You cannot fight,you cannot conquer. It is impossible to conceive how an individual unit can conquer the whole.And if the whole is purposeless and you are with purpose,you are going to be defeated.

5. Jonathan Swift:

   Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

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