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Ideate

Ideat \I*de"at\, Ideate \I*de"ate\, n. [LL. ideatum. See Idea.] (Metaph.) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

Ideate

Ideate \I*de"ate\, v. t.

  1. To form in idea; to fancy. [R.]

    The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God.
    --Sir T. Browne.

  2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. [R.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ideate

c.1600, from idea + -ate (2). Related: Ideated; ideating.

Wiktionary
ideate

Etymology 1 vb. 1 To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. 2 To generate an ide

  1. Etymology 2

    alt. (context metaphysics English) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence. n. (context metaphysics English) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

WordNet
ideate

v. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" [syn: imagine, conceive of, envisage]