intellectualize Meaning, Definition & Usage

In`tel*lec"tu*al*ize transitive verb
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913