different between conceive vs establish

English

Alternative forms

• conceave (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipi?, concipere (“to take”), from con- (“together”) + capi? (“to take”). Compare deceive, perceive, receive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?si?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Verb

conceive (third-person singular simple present conceives, present participle conceiving, simple past and past participle conceived)

1. (transitive) To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate.
   • 1606, Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare, II-4

     We shall, / As I conceive the journey, be at the Mount / Before you, Lepidus.

   • It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.
2. (transitive) To understand (someone).

   • I conceive you.

   • You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate.

4. (intransitive or transitive) To become pregnant (with).

   • She hath also conceived a son in her old age.

5. To generate or engender; to bring into being.

Related terms

• conceivable
• conceiver
• concept
• conception

Translations

Further reading

• conceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• conceive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Verb

conceive

1. Alternative form of conceyven

English

Etymology

From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabili?, stabil?re, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??stæb.l??/
• Hyphenation: es?tab?lish

Verb

establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established)

1. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
   • , Genesis 6:18

     But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

3. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
4. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

Derived terms

• established church
• establishing shot
• long-established
• re-establish

Related terms

• stable

Translations

References

• establish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• establish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.