Definition of: ideate

(ī·dē′āt) v. ·at·ed, ·at·ing v.t.
To form an idea of; frame in the mind; conceive.
—v.i. To form ideas; think.
—noun Philos. The object corresponding to an idea: so distinguished by those who regard the object not simply as perceived, but as the product of perception: also i·de·a·tum (ī′dē·ā′təm).