intellective

[in-tl-ek-tiv]

adjective

1. having power to understand; intelligent; cognitive.

2. of or relating to the intellect.

Other Word Forms

• intellectively adverb
• unintellective adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of intellective¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word intellēctīvus. See intellect, -ive

Example Sentences

So my intellective function from the day I met her started going up to keep up with her.

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Her new book — however involuted, however winningly intellective — makes no such mistake.

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The three heads signify the intellective, dianoetic, and doxatic powers.

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Because I have drawn this intellective correctly according to the point of view, I know that it will have the effect of actual sculpture on the spectator.—Now, boy, reach me No. 2, now I paint in colours that are toned down according to rule, and it appears receding five yards.

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The human factor, the exponent intelligence, the intellective and sensuous faculties, these, my Brothers, are whole, sublime, holy, only when, in a state of continuous expansion, the harmony among themselves and the affirmative ties between them and Nature, are perfect and pure.

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Related Words

• cerebral 
• creative 
• highbrow 
• mental 
• psychological 
• rational 
• scholarly 
• thoughtful