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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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