Defn: Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual.
INTELLECTUALIZE
In`tel*lec"tu*al*ize, v. t.
1. To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize. Sentiment is intellectualized emotion. Lowell.
2. To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
INTELLECTUALLY
In`tel*lec"tu*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an intellectual manner.
INTELLIGENCE In*tel"li*gence, n. Etym: [F. intelligence, L. intelligentia, intellegentia. See Intelligent.]
1. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.
2. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment. And dimmed with darkness their intelligence. Spenser.
3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice. Intelligence is given where you are hid. Shak.