I*de"at (?), I*de"ate (?), n. [LL. ideatum. See Idea.] Metaph.

The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

 

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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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