ide·ate /ˈaɪdiˌet/
(vi.)形成概念,想象(vt.)對…形成概念
I·de·at I·de·ate n. Metaph. The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
I·de·ate v. t.
1. To form in idea; to fancy. [R.]
The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God. --Sir T. Browne.
2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. [R.]
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ideate
v : form a mental image of something that is not present or that
is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the
president?" [syn: imagine, conceive of, envisage]