transitive. To think or suppose (that something is the case). In later use chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

To turn over in the mind, meditate on, ponder over, consider. transitive. With simple object. Now only: to have one's mental processes full of…

To think of, imagine, conceive. Obsolete.

To form within the mind; to give conceptual existence to. transitive. To entertain (doubt, scruple, inquiry, etc.) in the mind; to formulate…

transitive. To create as a mental conception for the purposes of analysis, deduction, or argumentation; to posit, suppose (something such as a…

To form a mental idea or image of; to have an idea or conception of; to imagine, envisage. transitive. With simple object.

transitive. To have in mind or as an object of thought or speculation; to think of, conceive, imagine; (contextually) †to suspect the genuineness or…

Cf. conceive, v. I. transitive. To form (a plan or design) in one's mind; to devise. Obsolete.

transitive. To form the idea of; to frame, devise, or construct in idea or imagination; to imagine, conceive. In early use with reference to Platonic…

transitive. To conceive in the brain. Obsolete. rare.

To frame in the mind, conceive (an idea, judgement, opinion, etc.). †Formerly also, to imagine; occasionally to form to oneself (= French se figurer…

In certain strained figurative uses, apparently derived from 3. In 17th cent.: To get hold of (an idea); to conceive (a sentiment) (obsolete).

Philosophy. To think (an object), to form a conception of.

transitive. To form a concept or idea of (something); to represent with concepts.