conceive of

conceive of someone or something

to think of or invent the notion of someone or something. Who on earth ever conceived of doing this? Edison conceived of many very useful things that we now use every day.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gethsemane	geth-SEM-ə-nee (English)	Biblical
Takahiro	tah-kah-hee-ṙo	Japanese
Traci	TRAY-see	English
Marshal	MAHR-shəl	English
Amrita	-	Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali
Christiaan	KRIS-tee-ah:n	Dutch