ideate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
    conceive of; envisage; imagine.
    • Can you conceive of him as the president?

WordNet


I*de"ate transitive verb
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913