intellectualize

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            Sentiment is intellectualized emotion. --Lowell.
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   2. To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities
      upon; to cause to become intellectual.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "intellectualize":
      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
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