conceive: [13] Conceive is one of a number of English words (deceive, perceive, and receive are others) whose immediate source is the Old French morpheme -ceiv-. This goes back ultimately to Latin capere ‘take’ (source of English capture), which when prefixed became -cipere. In the case of conceive, the compound verb was concipere, where the prefix com- had an intensive force; it meant generally ‘take to oneself’, and hence either ‘take into the mind, absorb mentally’ or ‘become pregnant’ – meanings transmitted via Old French conceivre to English conceive.
The noun conceit [14] is an English formation, based on the models of deceit and receipt. Conception [13], however, goes back to the Latin derivative conceptiō. => capture, conceit, conception, deceive, perceive, receive
conceive (v.)
late 13c., conceiven, "take (seed) into the womb, become pregnant," from stem of Old French conceveir (Modern French concevoir), from Latin concipere (past participle conceptus) "to take in and hold; become pregnant," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + comb. form of capere "to take," from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Meaning "take into the mind" is from mid-14c., a figurative sense also found in the Old French and Latin words. Related: Conceived; conceiving.
例文
1. Women，he says，should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive .
彼は女性が妊娠を計画する前にお酒をやめるべきだと言った。
2.You may conceive a new world in the atomic age.
原子時代の新しい世界を想像することができます。
3.I can hardly conceive of your doing such a thing.
あなたがそんなことをするとは想像できません。
4.I could not conceive that he would do such a silly thing.
彼がこんなばかなことをするとは思えない。
5.It 's difficult to conceive of traveling to the moon.