ideate

Etymology 1

From idea + -ate.

verb

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

adj

  1. Produced by an idea.

Etymology 2

Late Latin ideatum. See idea.

noun

  1. (metaphysics) 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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