reconceive

verb

re·​con·​ceive (ˌ)rē-kən-ˈsēv How to pronounce reconceive (audio)
reconceived; reconceiving; reconceives
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transitive verb

: to conceive (something) again or in a new form
Scholars like Esther Newton, Gayle Rubin, Anne Fausto-Sterling and Judith Butler ushered in an era that reconceived gender as a social construct, distinct from both a person's sex and sexuality.—Alissa Quart
Mr. Morgan explains how, in 17th- and 18th-century England and America, where modern liberty was born, government was reconceived to depend not on the divine right of kings but on the people.—Pauline Maier

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Examples of reconceive in a Sentence

will have to reconceive my earlier opinion about him in light of his recent behavior
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Fuqua thought about abandoning the project, but ultimately agreed to reconceive it instead. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 The role was reconceived after the casting shuffle, with Romano joining the production for reshoots. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2026 Nora’s infamous door-slam is reconceived as a woman stepping out of one time and directly into another. — Joey Sims, Vulture, 11 June 2023 Expect riffs on the Persian frittata kuku sabzi, a variant of the toad in the hole involving shakshuka, plus sabich reconceived in bagel form. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconceive

Word History

First Known Use

1656, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reconceive was in 1656

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“Reconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconceive. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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