| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| ideate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | i·de·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    d - t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: i·de·at·ed, i·de·at·ing, i·de·ates
| | 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). | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To conceive mental images; think. | | OTHER FORMS: | ide·ation —NOUN
ide·ation·al —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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