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reconceiving

reconceiving is the present participle and gerund of reconceive.

Meaning of reconceive

Verb

reconceive (third-person singular simple present reconceives, present participle reconceiving, simple past and past participle reconceived)

  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

Questions about reconceiving

What is reconceiving the present participle and gerund of?
Reconceiving is the present participle and gerund of reconceive.

Words near reconceiving in the dictionary

  1. reconcedes
  2. reconceding
  3. reconceive
  4. reconceived
  5. reconceives
  6. reconceiving
  7. reconcentrado
  8. reconcentrados
  9. reconcentrate
  10. reconcentrated
  11. reconcentrates

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