Thesaurus: ideate

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1. n. The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
2. v. t. To form in idea; to fancy.
3. v. t. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
4. v. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
5. The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence. 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.]
6. v form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case