| Intellectualize 1. (v. t.) To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize. 2. (v. t.) To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual. Thesaurus Entries 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 |