verb
- Have the idea for.
- usage: "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
- synonyms: conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise
- Be pregnant with.
- usage: "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
- synonyms: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, expect
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