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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.