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
Wherefore those acts that proceed from the intellective or the animal appetite, can be commanded by reason: but not those acts that proceed from the natural appetite.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
The three heads signify the intellective, dianoetic, and doxatic powers.
From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Dudley Wright
Therefore the subject of charity is not the sensitive, but the intellective appetite, i.e. the will.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
For there is no more excellent operation in man than that of the senses, except the intellective operation.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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