Conception

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Idea; purpose; design.

II. Conception ·noun Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.

III. Conception ·noun The state of being conceived; beginning.

IV. Conception ·noun The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.

V. Conception ·noun The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

VI. Conception ·noun The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.

VII. Conception ·noun The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. ·see Concept.