intellective
Americanadjective
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having power to understand; intelligent; cognitive.
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of or relating to the intellect.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of intellective
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word intellēctīvus. See intellect, -ive
Example Sentences
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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
But the intellective virtue in the commanding power is distinct from the moral virtue in the power commanded, as is declared in Ethic. i, 13.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
But the knowledge of truth is not consummated in the sensitive powers of apprehension: for such powers prepare the way to the intellective knowledge.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
For the theological virtues, if they be in a human soul, must needs perfect it, either as to the intellective, or as to the appetitive part.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
The three heads signify the intellective, dianoetic, and doxatic powers.
From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley
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