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Verb: intellectualize  ,in-tu'lek-choo-u,lIz
  1. To treat or analyse in an intellectual manner; to rationalize
    "He tended to intellectualize his emotions";
    - intellectualise [Brit]
     
  2. To give intellectual character to; to imbue with intellectuality
    "The professor intellectualized the debate";
    - intellectualise [Brit]

Derived forms: intellectualizing, intellectualizes, intellectualized