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Definition of Intellective
1. a. Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual.
Definition of Intellective
1. Adjective. Of, related to, or caused by the intellect. ¹
2. Adjective. Having the capacity to reason and understand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intellective
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Intellective
1. 1. Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual. 2. Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational. 3. Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses. "Intellective abstractions of logic and metaphysics." (Milton) Origin: Cf. F. Intellectif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intellective
Literary usage of Intellective
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the Greek Language by Alpheus Crosby (1860)
"intellective sentences express the actual or the contingent (§ 329. ...
intellective sentences not employing these modes (either because they are actual, ..."
2. The Philosophical System of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati by Antonio Rosmini (1882)
"The human soul, in so far as it is intellective, is united to its own body by an
... But the human soul is not sensitive only; it is also intellective. ..."
3. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"Now among those intellective habits or acquirements, whereby we come to apprehend
truth, there are some (Science and Nous) that are uniformly and unerringly ..."
4. Public Speaking and Reading: A Treatise on Delivery According to the by Edward Napoleon Kirby (1896)
"Somewhat modified, these divisions are the intellective, the vital, ...
intellective voice. — The intellective type is characterized by high pitch, clear, ..."
5. Elementary Course of Christian Philosophy: Based on the Principles of the by Christian Brothers (1893)
"intellective MEMORY. 65. intellective memory is the power which the intellect
has to preserve and reproduce intellective cognitions that have already been ..."
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