conceive (1 and 2 were common Eliz. senses)
1.
to take
the meaning of (a person), understand
Wiv. I. i. 251
“ me, me,”
Meas. II. iv. 142, MND. IV. i. 220, Lr. I. i. 12; absol.
2H4 II. ii. 126
“takes upon him not to
,”
Tp. IV. i. 50
“Well, I
conceive.”
2.
to have a certain
opinion of
H8 I. ii. 105
“The griev'd commons
Hardly conceive of me.”
