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Webster 1913 Edition


Ideate

{

I-de′at

,

I-de′ate

, }
Noun.
[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.

I-de′ate

,
Verb.
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.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Ideate

IDE'ATE

,
Verb.
T.
To form in idea; to fancy. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


ideate

ideate

English

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

Late Latin ideatum. See idea.

Alternative forms

Noun

ideate (plural ideates)

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

External links

  • ideate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • ideate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian

Verb

ideate

  1. second-person plural indicative present of ideare
  2. second-person plural imperative of ideare