Ideate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ideate \I*de"ate\, v. t.
     1. To form in idea; to fancy. [R.]
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              The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect
              of God.                               --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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     2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind;
        to memorize. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]