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▪ I. conceiving, vbl. n.|kənˈsiːvɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of conceive v.; conception.
1. = conception 1; see conceive 1, 2.
a1340Hampole Psalter 523 Our lady seynt Mary, aftur..þe conceyuyng of goddis sun. 1382Wyclif Gen. iii. 16, I shal multiply thi myseres & thi conceyvyngis. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. iii. (1520) 27 b/1 The 6 moneth from the conceyvynge of John Baptyste. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 11 The lytell bolke or quantite of the sayd seede, at his fyrst conceyuyng into the womans mother. 1645Ussher Body Div. (1647) 83 The Father conceiveth of himself, and in himself; and his conceiving is a begetting.
2. = conception 5; see conceive 6–11.
1570Dee Math. Pref. 5 Led vpward, by degrees..toward the conceiuyng of Numbers. 1617Hieron Wks. II. 270 To avile vs in our owne conceyuing. 1653Baxter Meth. Peace Consc. Pref., Mans understanding is shallow and all his Conceivings of God are exceeding low. 1675R. Barclay Apol. Quakers xiii. §4. 453 Monstrous and wild opinions and conceivings.
▪ II. conceiving, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That conceives: see the verb.
1382Wyclif Isa. xlix. 1 The conceyuende wombe. 1592R. D. tr. Hypnerotomachia 63 Conceiuing capacitie. |