CONCEPTACLE
Con*cep"ta*cle, n. Etym: [L. conceptaculum, fr. concipere to receive.
See Conceive.]
1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [Obs.] Woodward.
2. (Bot.) (a) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles. (b) One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.
CONCEPTIBILITY
Con*cep`ti*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness. Cudworth.
CONCEPTIBLE
Con*cep"ti*ble, a. Etym: [See Conceive.]
Defn: Capable of being conceived; conceivable. Sir M. Hale.
CONCEPTION Con*cep"tion, n. Etym: [F. conception, L. conceptio, fr. concipere to conceive. See Conceive.]
1. The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life. I will greaty multiply thy sorrow and thy conception. Gen. iii. 16.
2. The state of being conceived; beginning. Joy had the like conception in our eyes. Shak.