conception

noun8

1. •
   The act of conceiving.
2. •
   An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
3. •
   Something conceived or designed.
4. •
   The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
5. •
   The start of pregnancy.
6. •
   The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
7. •
   The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
8. •
   The state of being conceived; the beginning.