conceive

I (comprehend) verb absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, conceptualize, conjure up, digest, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, figure out, form a conception, grasp, have an idea, ideate, image, imagine, know, perceive, picture, realize, see, understand, visualize II (invent) verb begin, bring into being, bring into existence, coin, compose, concipere, concoct, contrive, create, design, develop, devise, draft, dream up, excogitate, fabricate, formulate, frame, generate, give birth to, hatch, inchoate, initiate, innovate, make up, originate, pian, prepare, start associated concepts: conceive a criminal plan III index appreciate (comprehend), compose, comprehend (understand), conjure, contrive, create, deem, devise (invent), frame (formulate), initiate, invent (produce for the first time), originate, presume, produce (manufacture), recognize (perceive), reflect (ponder), reproduce, surmise, understand