[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of CONCEIVE v.; conception.
1. = CONCEPTION 1; see CONCEIVE 1, 2.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, 523. Our lady seynt Mary, aftur … þe conceyuyng of goddis sun.
1382. Wyclif, Gen. iii. 16. I shal multiply thi myseres & thi conceyvyngis.
1480. Caxton, Chron. Eng., III. (1520), 27 b/1. The 6 moneth from the conceyvynge of John Baptyste.
1545. Raynold, Byrth Mankynde, 11. The lytell bolke or quantite of the sayd seede, at his fyrst conceyuyng into the womans mother.
1645. Ussher, Body Div. (1647), 83. The Father conceiveth of himself, and in himself; and his conceiving is a begetting.
2. = CONCEPTION 5; see CONCEIVE 6–11.
1570. Dee, Math. Pref., 5. Led vpward, by degrees … toward the conceiuyng of Numbers.
1617. Hieron, Wks., II. 270. To avile vs in our owne conceyuing.
1653. Baxter, Meth. Peace Consc., Pref. Mans understanding is shallow and all his Conceivings of God are exceeding low.
1675. R. Barclay, Apol. Quakers, xiii. § 4. 453. Monstrous and wild opinions and conceivings.
