ideate

[verb ahy-dee-eyt, ahy-dee-eyt; noun ahy-dee-eyt, ahy-dee-it]

verb (used with object), i·de·at·ed, i·de·at·ing.

to form an idea, thought, or image of.

verb (used without object), i·de·at·ed, i·de·at·ing.

to form ideas; think.

noun

ideatum.

Origin of ideate

First recorded in 1600–10; ide(a) + -ate¹

Related formsi·de·a·tive

[ahy-dee-uh-tiv, ahy-dee-ey-] /aɪˈdi ə tɪv, ˈaɪ diˌeɪ-/, adjectiveun·i·de·at·ed, adjectiveun·i·de·at·ing, adjective

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Related Words for ideated

ponder, resolve, consider, study, appreciate, reflect, judge, speculate, examine, ruminate, estimate, brood, deliberate, comprehend, cogitate, analyze, infer, cerebrate, mull, evaluate

Examples from the Web for ideated

Historical Examples of ideated

Its appeal is to our freedom, and the duty is ideated before it is performed.
Theoretical Ethics
Milton Valentine
That premise works both ways, dear lady, Jrann-Pttt ideated.
Collector's Item
Evelyn E. Smith
He saw she had the capacity for deep and excited interest in truth, an emotional love for ideated experience.
An Anarchist Woman
Hutchins Hapgood
And occasionally the one ideated object was felt to exert an influence over the other.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1
Various

British Dictionary definitions for ideated

ideate

verb

(tr) to form or have an idea of; to imagine or conceive

Derived Formsideation, noun

Word Origin for ideate

C17: from Medieval Latin ideat- formed as an idea, from ideare, from Greek idea model, pattern, notion

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Word Origin and History for ideated

ideate

c.1600, from idea + -ate (2). Related: Ideated; ideating.