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Verb: ideate  'I-dee`eyt
  1. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
    - imagine, conceive of, envisage

Derived forms: ideating, ideated, ideates

See also: idea, ideation

Type of: create by mental act, create mentally

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