A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1456-1550
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Intellective, -if, a. and n. [ME. intellectif (1477), e.m.E. -yve, -ive, late L. intellectīvus.] a. adj. Intelligent, intellectual. b. n. Intellect. —a. 1456 Hay II. 157/10.
Man has … saule vegitative that he lyfis by, sentitive that he felis by, intellective that he understandis by a1500 Henr. Orph. 311.
[Sapience and eloquence] Quhilk callit is the part intellectiue [Asl. -ectif] Of maunis saule 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 294.
As the power vigitatiue [serves] to the sensitiue, and the sensitiue to the intellectiueb. c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i. 71.
I will ȝow schaw be my intellective How thay war cled
