conceivability

con·ceive  (kn-sv)

v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives

v.tr.

1. To become pregnant with (offspring).

2. To form or develop in the mind; devise: conceive a plan to increase profits.

3. To apprehend mentally; understand: couldn't conceive the meaning of that sentence.

4. To be of the opinion that; think: didn't conceive such a tragedy could occur.

5. To begin or originate in a specific way: a political movement conceived in the ferment of the 1960s.

v.intr.

1. To form or hold an idea: Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.

2. To become pregnant.

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[Middle English conceiven, from Old French concevoir, conceiv-, from Latin concipere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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con·ceiva·bili·ty, con·ceiva·ble·ness n.

con·ceiva·ble adj.

con·ceiva·bly adv.

con·ceiver n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

conceivability - the state of being conceivable conceivableness possibleness, possibility - capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"