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
- intellectively adverb
- unintellective adjective
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
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 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
On the other hand justice is in the intellective appetite as its subject, which can have the universal good as its object, knowledge whereof belongs to the intellect.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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 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
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