All 5 Uses of
conceive
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- It was evidently almost inconceivable to herself that she could sit down beside them.†
Chpt 3.4 *inconceivable = totally unlikely or impossible to understand
- Would you believe that the crazy fellow had conceived a passion for Dounia from the beginning, but had concealed it under a show of rudeness and contempt.†
Chpt 1.3
- But why had he happened to hear such a discussion and such ideas at the very moment when his own brain was just conceiving...the very same ideas?†
Chpt 1.6
- But from some queer, almost animal, cunning he conceived the idea of hiding his strength and lying low for a time, pretending if necessary not to be yet in full possession of his faculties, and meanwhile listening to find out what was going on.†
Chpt 2.3
- It was conceived on sleepless nights, with a throbbing heart, in ecstasy and suppressed enthusiasm.†
Chpt 6.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(conceive as in: conceive the idea) to originate, understand, or imagine
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(2)
(conceive as in: conceived their first child) become pregnant or fertilize an egg