intellective
Americanadjective
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having power to understand; intelligent; cognitive.
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of or relating to the intellect.
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Etymology
Origin of intellective
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word intellēctīvus. See intellect, -ive
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So my intellective function from the day I met her started going up to keep up with her.
From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2021
Therefore a passion of the sensitive appetite cannot move the intellective appetite.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
I answer that, concerning intellective habits there have been various opinions.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
In the second place, it is directed in a manner special to man, to intellective knowledge, whether speculative or practical.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Whence it follows that the intellective habit is chiefly on the part of the intellect itself; and not on the part of the phantasm, which is common to soul and body.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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