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reconceive en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English conceive English reconceive From re- + conceive.

Meanings

1. To conceive something in a new way
   • It is a kind of time that is simply and overwhelmingly there, laid out, unoccurring, and he lacks the inborn ability to reconceive this condition. 2001, Don DeLillo, The Body Artist, page 77:
   • Once a bustling thoroughfare, the section of Pennsylvania Avenue that borders the White House has been reconceived as a pedestrian strip paved in granite and protected by guard stations to keep people at a safe distance from the president. 2009 January 16, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “Tradition and Change Battle on the Mall”, in New York Times:

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