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ApperceiveApperceive Ap`per*ceive", v. t. [F. apercevoir, fr. L. ad +
percipere, perceptum, to perceive. See Perceive.]
To perceive; to comprehend. --Chaucer. ConceiveConceive Con*ceive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceived; p. pr. &
vb. n. Conceiving.] [OF. conzoivre, concever, conceveir, F.
concevoir, fr. L. oncipere to take, to conceive; con- +
capere to seize or take. See Capable, and cf.
Conception.]
1. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the
formation of the embryo of.
She hath also conceived a son in her old age. --Luke
i. 36.
2. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to
originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
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. --Gibbon.
Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of
falsehood. --Is. lix. 13.
3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the
mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
``I conceive you.' --Hawthorne.
O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot
conceive nor name thee! --Shak.
You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in
the same climate. --Swift.
Syn: To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend;
believe; think. Conceive
Conceive Con*ceive", v. i.
1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed;
to become pregnant.
A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. --Isa. vii.
14.
2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their
own natures. --I. Watts.
ConceivedConceive Con*ceive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceived; p. pr. &
vb. n. Conceiving.] [OF. conzoivre, concever, conceveir, F.
concevoir, fr. L. oncipere to take, to conceive; con- +
capere to seize or take. See Capable, and cf.
Conception.]
1. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the
formation of the embryo of.
She hath also conceived a son in her old age. --Luke
i. 36.
2. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to
originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
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. --Gibbon.
Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of
falsehood. --Is. lix. 13.
3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the
mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
``I conceive you.' --Hawthorne.
O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot
conceive nor name thee! --Shak.
You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in
the same climate. --Swift.
Syn: To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend;
believe; think. Conceiver
Conceiver Con*ceiv"er, n.
One who conceives.
DeceiverDeceiver De*ceiv"er, n.
One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an
impostor.
The deceived and the deceiver are his. --Job xii. 16.
Syn: Deceiver, Impostor.
Usage: A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon
individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the
community at large. The one succeeds by artful
falsehoods, the other by bold assumption. The
faithless friend and the fickle lover are deceivers;
the false prophet and the pretended prince are
impostors. Exhausted receiverReceiver Re*ceiv"er, n. [Cf. F. receveur.]
1. One who takes or receives in any manner.
2. (Law) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to
receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which
is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person
appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a
corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up
its affairs, in certain cases. --Bouvier.
3. One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing
them to be stolen. --Blackstone.
4. (Chem.)
(a) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the
like, for receiving and condensing the product of
distillation.
(b) A vessel for receiving and containing gases.
5. (Pneumatics) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is
produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in
experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see
Illust. of Air pump.
6. (Steam Engine)
(a) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the
high-pressure cylinder before it enters the
low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine.
(b) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant
boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
7. That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system,
at which the message is received and made audible; --
opposed to transmitter.
Exhausted receiver (Physics), a receiver, as that used with
the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a
vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete
vacuum. Foreconceive
Foreconceive Fore`con*ceive", v. t.
To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Imperceived
Imperceived Im`per*ceived", a.
Not perceived. [Obs.]
Interreceive
Interreceive In`ter*re*ceive", v. t.
To receive between or within.
MisconceiveMisconceive Mis`con*ceive", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Misconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Misconceiving.]
To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a
false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
Those things which, for want of due consideration
heretofore, they have misconceived. --Hooker.
Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake. MisconceivedMisconceive Mis`con*ceive", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Misconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Misconceiving.]
To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a
false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
Those things which, for want of due consideration
heretofore, they have misconceived. --Hooker.
Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake. Misconceiver
Misconceiver Mis`con*ceiv"er, n.
One who misconceives.
Misreceive
Misreceive Mis`re*ceive", v. t.
To receive wrongly.
PerceivePerceive Per*ceive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perceived; p. pr. &
vb. n. Perceiving.] [OF. percevoir, perceveir, L.
percipere, perceptum; per (see Per-) + capere to take,
receive. See Capacious, and cf. Perception.]
1. To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive
impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take
cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by
means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to
perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord. --Reid.
2. To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the
mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to
remark; to discern; to see; to understand.
Jesus perceived their wickedness. --Matt. xxii.
18.
You may, fair lady, Perceive I speak sincerely.
--Shak.
Till we ourselves see it with our own eyes, and
perceive it by our own understandings, we are still
in the dark. --Locke.
3. To be affected of influented by. [R.]
The upper regions of the air perceive the collection
of the matter of tempests before the air here below.
--Bacon.
Syn: To discern; distinguish; observe; see; feel; know;
understand.
Usage: To Perceive, Discern. To perceive a thing is to
apprehend it as presented to the senses or the
intellect; to discern is to mark differences, or to
see a thing as distinguished from others around it. We
may perceive two persons afar off without being able
to discern whether they are men or women. Hence,
discern is often used of an act of the senses or the
mind involving close, discriminating, analytical
attention. We perceive that which is clear or obvious;
we discern that which requires much attention to get
an idea of it. ``We perceive light, darkness, colors,
or the truth or falsehood of anything. We discern
characters, motives, the tendency and consequences of
actions, etc.' --Crabb. PerceivedPerceive Per*ceive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perceived; p. pr. &
vb. n. Perceiving.] [OF. percevoir, perceveir, L.
percipere, perceptum; per (see Per-) + capere to take,
receive. See Capacious, and cf. Perception.]
1. To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive
impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take
cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by
means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to
perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord. --Reid.
2. To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the
mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to
remark; to discern; to see; to understand.
Jesus perceived their wickedness. --Matt. xxii.
18.
You may, fair lady, Perceive I speak sincerely.
--Shak.
Till we ourselves see it with our own eyes, and
perceive it by our own understandings, we are still
in the dark. --Locke.
3. To be affected of influented by. [R.]
The upper regions of the air perceive the collection
of the matter of tempests before the air here below.
--Bacon.
Syn: To discern; distinguish; observe; see; feel; know;
understand.
Usage: To Perceive, Discern. To perceive a thing is to
apprehend it as presented to the senses or the
intellect; to discern is to mark differences, or to
see a thing as distinguished from others around it. We
may perceive two persons afar off without being able
to discern whether they are men or women. Hence,
discern is often used of an act of the senses or the
mind involving close, discriminating, analytical
attention. We perceive that which is clear or obvious;
we discern that which requires much attention to get
an idea of it. ``We perceive light, darkness, colors,
or the truth or falsehood of anything. We discern
characters, motives, the tendency and consequences of
actions, etc.' --Crabb. Perceiver
Perceiver Per*ceiv"er, n.
One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb).
--Milton.
PreconceivePreconceive Pre`con*ceive", v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Preconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Preconceiving.]
To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a
previous notion or idea of.
In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the
eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth.
--Bacon. PreconceivedPreconceive Pre`con*ceive", v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Preconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Preconceiving.]
To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a
previous notion or idea of.
In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the
eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth.
--Bacon. Receive
Receive Re*ceive", v. i.
1. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as,
she receives on Tuesdays.
2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when
served; as, it is your turn to receive.
Receivedness
Receivedness Re*ceiv"ed*ness, n.
The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current;
as, the receivedness of an opinion. --Boyle.
Receiver
Receiver Re*ceiv"er, n. (Firearms)
In portable breech-loading firearms, the steel frame screwed
to the breech end of the barrel, which receives the bolt or
block, gives means of securing for firing, facilitates
loading, and holds the ejector, cut-off, etc.
ReceiverReceiver Re*ceiv"er, n. [Cf. F. receveur.]
1. One who takes or receives in any manner.
2. (Law) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to
receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which
is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person
appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a
corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up
its affairs, in certain cases. --Bouvier.
3. One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing
them to be stolen. --Blackstone.
4. (Chem.)
(a) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the
like, for receiving and condensing the product of
distillation.
(b) A vessel for receiving and containing gases.
5. (Pneumatics) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is
produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in
experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see
Illust. of Air pump.
6. (Steam Engine)
(a) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the
high-pressure cylinder before it enters the
low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine.
(b) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant
boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
7. That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system,
at which the message is received and made audible; --
opposed to transmitter.
Exhausted receiver (Physics), a receiver, as that used with
the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a
vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete
vacuum. Receivership
Receivership Re*ceiv"er*ship, n.
The state or office of a receiver.
Undeceive
Undeceive Un`de*ceive", v. t. [1st pref. un- + deceive.]
To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception,
fraud, fallacy, or mistake. --South.
Meaning of Ceive from wikipedia
- can
align such
formal series as con-tain, de-tain, re-tain; con-
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prove any
morphemic character of the
formally identical...
- The Exército
Guerrilheiro do Povo
Galego Ceive (Guerrilla Army of the Free
Galician People in
Galician language; EGPGC) was an
armed organization formed...
-
Batasuna during the
Elections to the
European Parliament.
Beside the
Galiza Ceive-OLN (the new name of the organization) and
several secessionist groups,...
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- instance,
Rastas use "I" in
place of "me", "I and I" in
place of "we", "I-
ceive" in
place of "receive", "I-sire" in
place of "desire", "I-rate" in place...
- Few
common words have the cei
spelling handled by the rule:
verbs ending -
ceive and
their derivatives (perceive, deceit, transceiver, receipts, etc.), and...
- The
National ****embly also
decided to
rename the
organization as
Galiza Ceive-OLN and
adopt reintegrationism.
Antom Árias
Curto became the most prominent...
-
Pieve Ligure (Ligurian: A
Ceive,
locally A Céie) is a
comune (muni****lity) in the
Metropolitan City of
Genoa in the
Italian region Liguria,
located about...
-
Armed organizations Resistência
Galega Exército
Guerrilheiro do Povo
Galego Ceive Liga
Armada Galega Loita Armada Revolucionaria Student and
youth groups...
- p****ed 'Battle camp' ... It was here the
blacks of the
interior first re-
ceived their 'baptism of fire;'
where they
first became acquainted with the death-dealing...
