·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.