ideate

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Like "idea" and "ideal," "ideate" comes from the Greek verb "idein," which means "to see."

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  1. transitive verb To form an idea of; imagine or conceive: "Such characters represent a grotesquely blown-up aspect of an ideal man . . . if not realizable, capable of being ideated” (Anthony Burgess).
  2. intransitive verb To conceive mental images; think.

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/aɪˈdieɪt/
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