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Witted vs Intellective - What's the difference?

witted | intellective |

As adjectives the difference between witted and intellective

is that witted is (chiefly|in combination) having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability) while intellective is of, related to, or caused by the intellect.

As a verb witted

is (wit).

witted

English

Adjective

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  • (chiefly, in combination) having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability)

    • Derived terms

    * dull-witted * fine-witted * half-witted * gross-witted * keen-witted * light-witted * quick-witted * sharp-witted * slow-witted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wit)

    • intellective

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, related to, or caused by the intellect.
  • * 2000 , Thomas Albert Sebeok, Marcel Danesi, The Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic Analysis ,
    • Intellective''' codes'' are those that have been designed to organize knowledge about some field, functioning as mental templates for understanding the world. A perfect example of an ' intellective code is that of trigonometry,
  • Having the capacity to reason and understand.
  • * 1907 , , Volume 1: Aachen–Assize,
    • It is to be found in the seventh anathema of Pope Damasus in the Council of Rome, 381. "We pronounce anathema against them who say that the Word of God is in the human flesh in lieu and place of the human rational and intellective''' soul. For, the Word of God is the Son Himself. Neither did He come in the flesh to replace, but rather to assume and preserve from sin and save the rational and '''intellective soul of man."
  • * 2000 , James B. Reichmann, Evolution, Animal 'Rights,' and The Environment , CUA Press (2000), ISBN 0813209544, page 219:
    • The human is, after all, the only truly intellective animal, and the language he employs is, as Bickerton observes, like no other form of animal communication.