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In literature, "ideate" functions as a dynamic term that encapsulates the process of forming and shaping ideas. It is often paired with actions such as patterning or matching, suggesting a methodical construction of thought as seen in its early usage [1]. In poetic and philosophical contexts, the term underscores both the challenge and necessity of molding ideas that resonate with a deeper truth, as noted in works where a true idea must correlate with its ideation [2], [3], [4], [5]. Moreover, discussions on the cognitive capabilities of the mind incorporate "ideate" to describe the capacity, or lack thereof, to generate conceptual relations, thus extending its significance into psychological discourse [6] and further elaborating on the nuanced interplay between thought and expression [7], [8].
  1. Essẻmpiáre, to exemplifie, to patterne, to example, to ideate, to match.
    — from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio
  2. This ease controules The tediousnesse of my life: But for these I could ideate nothing, which could please, 5
    — from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) by John Donne
  3. A true idea is one which corresponds with its ideate .
    — from Short Studies on Great Subjects by James Anthony Froude
  4. A true idea must correspond with its ideate or object.
    — from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza
  5. A true idea is one which corresponds with its ideate.
    — from Essays in Literature and History by James Anthony Froude
  6. A false school of psychology would say that the infant’s brain cannot yet ideate ; but that is incorrect language.
    — from Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Charles Coppens
  7. Inf o rgicáre, to forge, to frame or ideate in minde what one can not expresse, and hee that listneth cannot rightly conceiue.
    — from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio
  8. He established the idea as the truth of the thing, but he failed to find expression for the relation between idea and ideate.
    — from Monophysitism Past and Present: A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce

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