Definition of "ideate"

ideate¹

/ˈaɪdieɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present ideates, present participle ideating, simple past and past participle ideated
1. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
2. To generate an idea.
adjective
not comparable
1. Produced by an idea.

ideate²

noun
plural ideates
1. (metaphysics) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.