Ideate: alternatives and connections

A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

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The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

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The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.

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An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

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The art of painting; representation by painting.

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To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow.

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The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy.

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The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended a…

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The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended a…

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To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.

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To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.

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