Definition of conception

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Conception (n.) The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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Notion :: Notion () Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae..
Presentive :: Presentive (a.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.
Idea :: Idea (n.) A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization..
Preconception :: Preconception (n.) The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed.
Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.
Conceptionalist :: Conceptionalist (n.) A conceptualist.
Idealism :: Idealism (n.) Conception of the ideal; imagery.
Uterogestation :: Uterogestation (n.) Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.
Sublime :: Sublime (n.) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.
Conceptional :: Conceptional (a.) Pertaining to conception.
Entelechy :: Entelechy (n.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence..
Obversion :: Obversion (n.) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as immediate inference by privative conception..
Conception :: Conception (n.) Idea; purpose; design.
Presentiment :: Presentiment (n.) Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding..
Motive :: Motive (n.) That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one..
Idea :: Idea (n.) Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of..
Shape :: Shape (n.) Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality..
Imagination :: Imagination (n.) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied..
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