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Intellectual , a. [L. intellectualis: cf. F. intellectuel.]1913 Webster
- Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.1913 Webster
Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or intellectual powers.
I. Watts.1913 Webster - 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.1913 Webster
Who would lose,
Though full of pain, this intellectual being,
Those thoughts that wander through eternity?Milton.1913 Webster - Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.1913 Webster
- Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called “mental” philosophy.1913 Webster
- Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.
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Intellectual, n.
- The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.1913 Webster
Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh,
Whose higher intellectual more I shun.Milton.1913 WebsterI kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise.
De Quincey.1913 Webster - A learned person or one of high intelligence; especially, one who places greatest value on activities requiring exercise of the intelligence, such as study, complex forms of knowledge, literature and aesthetic matters, reflection and philosophical speculation; a member of the intelligentsia; as, intellectuals are often apalled at the inanities that pass for entertainment on television.PJC
- The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.