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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; <as>as, to <ex>conceive</ex> a purpose, plan, hope</as>.</def>

<blockquote>It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first <b>conceived</b> the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life. <i>Gibbon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Conceiving</b> and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. <i>Is. lix. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.</def> "I <i>conceive</i> you."

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<blockquote>O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot <b>conceive</b> nor name thee! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>You will hardly <b>conceive</b> him to have been bred in the same climate. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.</syn>

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<hw>Con*ceive"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.</def>

<blockquote>A virgin shall <b>conceive</b>, and bear a son. <i>Isa. vii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Conceive</b> of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con*ceiv"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who conceives.</def>

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<hw>Con*cel"e*brate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concelebratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>concelebrare</ets> to concelebrate.]</ety> <def>To celebrate together.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Concent</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con*cent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concentus</ets>, fr. <ets>concinere</ets> to sing together; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>canere</ets> to sing.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; <as>as, a <ex>concent</ex> of notes</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>That undisturbed song of pure <b>concent</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Consistency; accordance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In <b>concent</b> to his own principles. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Concenter, Concentre</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw><hw>Con*cen"ter</hw>, <hw>Con*cen"tre</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Concentered</er> or <er>Concentred</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr & vb. n.</tt> <er>Concentering</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Concentring</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>concentrer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>centrum</ets> center. See <er>Center</er>, and cf. <er>Concentrate</er>]</ety> <def>To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.</def>

<blockquote>God, in whom all perfections <b>concenter</b>. <i>Bp. Beveridge.</i></blockquote>

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