re·con·ceive
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reconceived; reconceiving; reconceives
Definition of reconceive
: 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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“Reconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconceive. Accessed 5 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of reconceive was in 1656
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