What is the meaning of conceive?

Have the idea for.
- usage: "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
- synonyms: gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise
Judge or regard; look upon; judge.
- usage: "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
- synonyms: think, believe, consider
Become pregnant; undergo conception.
- usage: "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

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