conceive
verb (used with object)
to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.).
conceiver
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a word derived from
conceive.
Example Sentences
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“In some ways, I’m at the top of my powers as a conceiver and creator, but I still have things to prove,” said Mr. Jones said, if only to himself.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2012
The trip’s conceiver, Erling Kagge, a 47-year-old Norwegian adventurer, had ascended Mount Everest and trekked on foot to both the North and South poles.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2011
“Ella,” solidly directed by Rob Ruggiero, the original show’s conceiver along with Mr. Garrison, is not quite a one-woman show.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2010
Ms. Warren has two roles here: officially, as head of Congressional oversight for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and unofficially, as chief conceiver of and booster for a new consumer financial protection agency.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2010
The conceiver and first practitioner of the eucharistic rite.
From The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. by Elbert Hubbard
