'Intellectualize' definitions:
Definition of 'Intellectualize'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Sentiment is intellectualized emotion. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intellectualize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analyze,
- apply reason,
- cerebrate,
- cogitate,
- conceive,
- conceptualize,
- deduce,
- entertain ideas,
- exercise the mind,
- form ideas,
- generalize,
- hypothesize,
- ideate,
- infer,
- logicalize,
- logicize,
- philosophize,
- provide a rationale,
- rationalize,
- reason,
- syllogize,
- synthesize,
- theorize,
- think,
- use reason