Ĭn’tel-lēct’ive, a.
a. [Fr. intellectif, Pr. intellectiu, Pg. intellectivo, Sp. intellectivo, It. intellettivo.]
- Having power to understand, know, or comprehend. Glanville.
- Produced by the understanding. Harris.
- Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses. “The most intellective abstractions of logic and metaphysics.” Milton.