ideate(v = verb.creation) conceive of, envisage, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
is one way to create by mental act, create mentally
Derived forms noun idea1, noun ideation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence. [1913 Webster]
1. To form in idea; to fancy. [1913 Webster]
"The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God." [1913 Webster]
2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. [1913 Webster]
ideate, v. Psychol.
1 tr. imagine, conceive.
2 intr. form ideas.
Derivative:
ideation n. ideational adj. ideationally adv.
Etymology:
med.L ideare form an idea (as IDEA)