Capable of conceiving, understanding, or grasping; able to comprehend or form ideas.
From Latin 'concipiens,' present participle of 'concipere' meaning 'to conceive together' or 'to take in,' with the '-ent' suffix denoting an agent or one who performs the action.
In medieval theology and philosophy, scholars distinguished between 'concipient' minds (capable of understanding) and lesser forms of consciousness—it was a precise way to discuss degrees of intellectual capacity.
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