IDEATING

Verb

ideating

present participle of ideate

Source: Wiktionary

IDEATE

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