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in⋅tel⋅lec⋅tive

   [in-tl-ek-tiv]
–adjective
1. having power to understand; intelligent; cognitive.
2. of or pertaining to the intellect.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L intellēctīvus. See intellect, -ive
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in·tel·lec·tive     (ĭn'tl-ěk'tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of, relating to, or generated by the intellect.

in'tel·lec'tive·ly adv.
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Intellective

In`tel*lec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. intellectif.]

1. Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual.

2. Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational. --Glanvill.

3. Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses.

Intellective abstractions of logic and metaphysics. --Milton.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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