to contain
→
to conceive, become pregnant
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | concipio, concipere | |
| Meaning 1 | to take in, to catch | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (of women and female animals) to receive in the womb, conceive | |
| Reference | Glare: 388 | |
| Comment | From con + capio, capere 'to take, catch, seize' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old French | |
| Lexeme | conceivre | |
| Meaning 1 | to contain completely | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to conceive, to become pregnant | La femele conceit, si cum femele deit The female conceives, as a female must (circa 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire) |
| Reference | Robert historique: I, 833 | |
| Comment | ||