Both Uses of
conceive
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The inconceivable impudence!†
Chpt 2.7.1 *inconceivable = totally unlikely or impossible to understand
- No doubt it was terrible that he also should have been deceived; that he should have believed that impossible thing, that he could have conceived of a stab dealt by her who would have given a thousand lives for him.†
Chpt 2.9.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(conceive as in: conceive the idea) to originate, understand, or imagine
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(2)
(conceive as in: conceived their first child) become pregnant or fertilize an egg