conceive
verb (used with object)
to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.).
had been conceiving
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past perfect progressiveof conceive.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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I hastened to drive from my mind the hateful notion I had been conceiving respecting Grace Poole; it disgusted me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
I hastened to drive from my mind the hateful notion I had been conceiving respecting Grace Poole; it disgusted me.
From Jane Eyre by F. H. Townsend
