<B>conceive, </B>verb, <B>-ceived,</B> <B>-ceiving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to form in the mind; think up. <BR> <I>Ex. The Wright brothers conceived the design of the first successful motor-powered plane</I> (SYN) plan, devise, formulate. <DD><B> 2. </B>to form (an opinion); think. <DD><B> 3. </B>to experience or entertain (a feeling). <BR> <I>Ex. He had conceived a dislike ... for this lady (Maria Edgeworth).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to imagine. <BR> <I>Ex. It is difficult to conceive an effect without a cause.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to put into words; express. <BR> <I>Ex. The warning was conceived in the plainest language.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to understand; comprehend. <BR> <I>Ex. No one could conceive how such a machine could be constructed.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to become pregnant with. <BR> <I>Ex. to conceive a child.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to have an idea or feeling; think (of). <BR> <I>Ex. Young children cannot conceive of life without automobiles and television. We cannot conceive of such a thing happening.</I> (SYN) imagine. <DD><B> 2. </B>to become pregnant. noun <B>conceiver.</B> </DL>
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<B>concelebrant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a clergyman who celebrates the Mass jointly with another or others. </DL>
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<B>concelebrate, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-brated,</B> <B>-brating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to celebrate (Mass) together in the Roman Catholic Church. <BR> <I>Ex. The new cardinals had concelebrated Mass in Latin with the Pope at the Basilica's main altar (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> noun <B>concelebration.</B> </DL>
<B>concenter, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to bring or draw to a common center; concentrate; center; focus. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to meet in a common center; converge to a common center; concentrate. Also, (especially British,) <B>concentre.</B> </DL>
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<B>concentrate, </B>verb, <B>-trated,</B> <B>-trating,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring together in one place. <BR> <I>Ex. A magnifying glass can concentrate enough sunlight to scorch paper. Our fire chief concentrated his men on the roof to fight the blaze.</I> (SYN) gather, collect, assemble, focus. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make stronger. An acid solution is concentrated when it has very much acid in it. (SYN) intensify. <DD><B> 3. </B>to remove rock, sand, etc., from (metal or ore). <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to come together in one place. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to pay close attention; focus the mind (on or upon). <BR> <I>Ex. He concentrated on his reading so that he would understand the story. He concentrated upon one aspect of the problem to the exclusion of all others.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> something that has been concentrated. <BR> <I>Ex. Lemon juice with the water removed is a concentrate.</I> noun <B>concentrator.</B> </DL>
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<B>concentrated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>brought together in one place. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of liquids and solutions) made strong or stronger, especially by removing water. <BR> <I>Ex. concentrated orange juice.</I> adv. <B>concentratedly.</B> noun <B>concentratedness.</B> </DL>
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<B>concentration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a concentrating or being concentrated. <BR> <I>Ex. a concentration of effort, the concentration of ore.</I> (SYN) collection, gathering. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) close attention. <BR> <I>Ex. When he gave the problem his full concentration, he figured out the answer.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the strength of a solution. <BR> <I>Ex. The acid solution was of weak concentration because so much water had been added.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a concentrated collection or mass. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Military.) <DD><B> a. </B>a grouping or assemblage of forces in a small area. <DD><B> b. </B>theamount of artillery fire directed at a particular target for a limited time. </DL>
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<B>concentration camp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a camp where political enemies, prisoners of war, and interned foreigners are held. </DL>
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<B>concentration cell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Electronics.) a cell whose difference of potential is due to the difference of concentration of the solutions in which the electrodes are immersed. </DL>
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<B>concentrative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to concentrate; concentrating. noun <B>concentrativeness.</B> </DL>
<B>concentricity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being concentric. </DL>
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<B>concept, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a general notion or idea; thought. "Triangle," "animal," and "motion" are concepts. <BR> <I>Ex. Einstein said he had always believed that the invention of scientific concepts and the building of theories upon them was one of the great creative properties of the human mind (Scientific American).</I> (SYN) conception, construct. </DL>
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<B>conceptacle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) a cavity producing or enclosing reproductive cells in certain thallophytes. </DL>
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<B>conception, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thought; notion; idea. <BR> <I>Ex. His conception of the problem was different from mine. A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible (Graham Greene).</I> (SYN) impression. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the act of forming an idea or thought. <BR> <I>Ex. A scientist has great powers of conception.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the state of being conceived. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Philosophy.) a general notion; concept. <DD><B> 4. </B>a design; plan. <DD><B> 5a. </B>the action or process of conceiving in the womb; a becoming pregnant. <BR> <I>Ex. When egg and sperm unite at conception, or fertilization, the fertilized egg contains the full number of chromosomes--twenty-three pairs in the human body (Sidonie M. Gruenberg).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the fact of being conceived. <DD><B> c. </B>the thing conceived; embryo; fetus. </DL>
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<B>conceptional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of a conception or idea. </DL>
<B>conceptual, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with concepts or general ideas. <BR> <I>Ex. Conceptual foresight--the ability to anticipate needs or consequences in a given problem situation (Science News Letter).</I> adv. <B>conceptually.</B> </DL>
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<B>conceptual art,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> art intended to reflect an idea or concept in the artist's mind during the process of creation; process art. <BR> <I>Ex. Kynaston McShine put on a major show of conceptual art at the Museum of Modern Art (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<B>conceptualism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Philosophy.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the doctrine that universals exist, but only in the mind. <DD><B> 2. </B>the doctrine that the mind can fully form an idea of general and abstract terms such as <I>plant, horse,</I> or <I>blue.</I> </DL>
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<B>conceptualist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an adherent of either of the doctrines of conceptualism. <DD><B> 2. </B>an artist who creates works of conceptual art. </DL>
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<B>conceptualistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of conceptualism. </DL>
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<B>conceptualization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of conceptualizing. <BR> <I>Ex. With the conceptualization of the unknown into deities and forces, men came to emphasize the unknown as a power and endeavored to placate it (Ogburn and Nimkoff).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=concept.</B> </DL>
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<B>conceptualize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to make or form a concept or concepts of. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to form concepts or ideas. <BR> <I>Ex. The other animals cannot, however, conceptualize to the extent of predicting and altering nature (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
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<B>conceptus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tuses,</B> <B>-ti.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the embryo and surrounding tissue that forms directly after fertilization in highly developed animals. </DL>
