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conception

noun
/kənˈsɛpʃən/CA/kənˈsepʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin conceptiōlbor. Old French conceptionbor. Middle English concepcioun English conception From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin conceptiō (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipiō, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive. Equivalent to conceive + -tion.

  1. derived from conceptiō
  2. derived from conception
  3. inherited from concepcioun

Definitions

  1. The act of conceiving.

  2. The state of being conceived

    The state of being conceived; the beginning.

  3. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.

    • Some powers diuine, or els infernall, mixt Their angry ſeedes at his conception: For he was neuer ſprong of humaine race, Since with the ſpirit of his fearefull pride, He dares so doubtleſly reſolue of rule.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. The start of pregnancy.

    2. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.

    3. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind

      The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

    4. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind

      An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

    5. Something conceived or designed.

      • The figure was placed on a low pedestal, sufficiently raised from the carpet on four plain wooden legs for all the space underneath to be clearly visible. The body was a squat, cross-legged conception, typical of an Indian deity […]

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Derived

anticonception, artist's conception, conceptional, Conception Bay, conceptionism, conceptionist, control of conception, false conception, non-conception, nonconception, periconception, post conception, postconception, post-conception, preconception, prevenception, products of conception, reconception, self-conception, superconception

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at conception. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at conception. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at conception

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA