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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Intellectualize

· In·tel·lec·tu·al·ize · IPA /ɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃuəlaɪz/
01 v. t. To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize.
  1. 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. 2.
    To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.