conceived

[ kuhn-seevd ]

adjective

1. having been formed, originated, or expressed:

   The manuscript is more a series of anecdotes than a fully conceived novel.

   The dinner started with a brilliantly conceived trio of appetizers.

2. having come into existence as the product of fertilization:

   Scientists continue to study how the single cell of a newly conceived zygote differentiates into the many cells that make up the various body parts of a developing fetus.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of conceive ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·con·ceived adjective
• well-con·ceived adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conceived¹

conceive ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The charity single was conceived as a way to tackle the famine that devastated Ethiopia in 1984.

From BBC

More importantly, Lovett lends majestic voice to the rhythms of Beckett’s play, originally written in French but conceived by an Irish imagination and translated by Beckett himself.

From Los Angeles Times

The tactic, conceived in the horse-and-buggy days when Congress met part time, would probably be challenged in court.

From Los Angeles Times

The musical, in the words of the published script, “was written as a Japanese conception of what a Broadway musical might be as conceived from the traditional Japanese theatrical viewpoint.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Kitchens are very much like a pirate ship and the way we designed and conceived our kitchen was also like a submarine,” Ruizpalacios says.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• chartered
• completed
• founded
• incorporated
• initiated
• organized
• ratified
• set up
• settled