conceptualize

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: con=cep=tu=al=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

conceptualize, v. t. 

 to to form a concept of; as, He could not conceptualize a robot that would help paralyzed patients.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

conceptualize, v.tr. (also -ise) form a concept or idea of.

Derivative

conceptualization n.

THESAURUS

conceptualize

appreciate, apprehend, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, cerebrate, cogitate, cognize, coin, comprehend, conceit, conceive, concoct, create, discern, dream up, entertain ideas, exercise the mind, experience imaginatively, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, fathom, fictionalize, form ideas, grasp, hatch, have, have information about, have knowledge of, ideate, imagine, intellectualize, invent, ken, know, make out, mold, originate, perceive, possess, prehend, produce, realize, reason, recognize, savvy, see, seize, shape, suppose, think, think up, understand, wot, wot of