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Dentelle
Dentelle Den*telle", n. [F.] (Bookbinding)
An ornamental tooling like lace. --Knight.
IntellectIntellect In"tel*lect, n. [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere,
intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See
Intelligent.] (Metaph.)
The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as
distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes,
the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished
from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the
power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the
understanding. Intellected
Intellected In"tel*lect`ed, a.
Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or
capacities. [R.]
In body, and in bristles, they became As swine, yet
intellected as before. --Cowper.
Intellection
Intellection In`tel*lec"tion, n. [L. intellectio synecdoche:
cf. F. 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. --Hickok.
Intellective
Intellective In`tel*lec"tive, a. [Cf. F. intellectif.]
1. Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or
understanding; intellectual.
2. Having power to understand, know, or comprehend;
intelligent; rational. --Glanvill.
3. Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not
by the senses.
Intellective abstractions of logic and metaphysics.
--Milton.
Intellectively
Intellectively In`tel*lec"tive*ly, adv.
In an intellective manner. [R.] ``Not intellectivelly to
write.' --Warner.
Intellectual
Intellectual In`tel*lec"tu*al, n.
The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh, Whose
higher intellectual more I shun. --Milton.
I kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise. --De
Quincey.
Intellectual
Intellectual In`tel*lec"tu*al (?; 135), a. [L. intellectualis:
cf. F. intellectuel.]
1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as,
intellectual powers, activities, etc.
Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or
intellectual powers. --I. Watts.
2. 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.
Who would lose, Though full of pain, this
intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander
through eternity? --Milton.
3. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and
existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the
intellect; as, intellectual employments.
4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as,
intellectual philosophy, sometimes called ``mental'
philosophy.
Intellectualism
Intellectualism In`tel*lec"tu*al*ism, n.
1. Intellectual power; intellectuality.
2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
Intellectualist
Intellectualist In`tel*lec"tu*al*ist, n.
1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding.
[R.] --Bacon.
2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
Intellectualize
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
Intellectually In`tel*lec"tu*al*ly, adv.
In an intellectual manner.
MantellettaMantelletta Man`tel*let"ta, n. [It. mantelletta. See
Mantelet.] (R. C. Ch.)
A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals,
bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has
a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the
knees. Superintellectual
Superintellectual Su`per*in`tel*lec"tu*al, a.
Being above intellect.
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