conceive vs conceptualise what difference

what is difference between conceive and conceptualise

English

Alternative forms

• conceave (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to take”), from con- (“together”) + capiō (“to take”). Compare deceive, perceive, receive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsiːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

conceive (third-person singular simple present conceives, present participle conceiving, simple past and past participle conceived)

1. (transitive) To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate.
   • 1606, Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare, II-4

     We shall, / As I conceive the journey, be at the Mount / Before you, Lepidus.

   • It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.
2. (transitive) To understand (someone).

   • I conceive you.

   • You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate.

4. (intransitive or transitive) To become pregnant (with).

   • She hath also conceived a son in her old age.

5. To generate or engender; to bring into being.

Related terms

• conceivable
• conceiver
• concept
• conception

Translations

Further reading

• conceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• conceive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Verb

conceive

1. Alternative form of conceyven

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛp.tj(uː.)əl.aɪz/

Verb

conceptualise (third-person singular simple present conceptualises, present participle conceptualising, simple past and past participle conceptualised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conceptualize.

French

Verb

conceptualise

1. first-person singular present indicative of conceptualiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of conceptualiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conceptualiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of conceptualiser
5. second-person singular imperative of conceptualiser

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