IDEATE

imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage

(verb) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; “Can you conceive of him as the president?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

ideate (third-person singular simple present ideates, present participle ideating, simple past and past participle ideated)

To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.

To generate an idea.

Adjective

ideate (not comparable)

Produced by an idea.

Etymology 2

Noun

ideate (plural ideates)

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

Source: Wiktionary


I*de"at, I*de"ate, n. Etym: [LL. ideatum. See Idea.] (Metaph.)

Definition: The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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