INTELLECTUALIZE

In′tel‐lec″tu‐al‐ize (?), v. t. 1. 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. 2. To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.