Associations to the word «Ideate»

Wiktionary

IDEATE, verb. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
IDEATE, verb. To generate an idea.
IDEATE, noun. (metaphysics) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

Dictionary definition

IDEATE, verb. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?".

Wise words

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe