Vocabulary : Intellection to Intelligence

Intellection : A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.
Intellective : Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual. ;; Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational. ;; Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses.
Intellectively : In an intellective manner.
Intellectual : Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc. ;; Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person. ;; Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments. ;; Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy. ;; The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
Intellectualism : Intellectual power; intellectuality. ;; The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.

Intellectualist : One who overrates the importance of the understanding. ;; One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
Intellectuality : Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual.
Intellectualize : To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize. ;; To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
Intellectually : In an intellectual manner.
Intelligence : The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding. ;; The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment. ;; Information communicated; news; notice; advice. ;; Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. ;; Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information. ;; An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence.

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