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IntellectIntellect In"tel*lect, n. [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere,
intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See
Intelligent.] (Metaph.)
The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as
distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes,
the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished
from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the
power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the
understanding. Intellected
Intellected In"tel*lect`ed, a.
Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or
capacities. [R.]
In body, and in bristles, they became As swine, yet
intellected as before. --Cowper.
Intellection
Intellection In`tel*lec"tion, n. [L. intellectio synecdoche:
cf. F. intellection.]
A mental act or process; especially:
(a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas;
intuition. Bentley.
(b) A creation of the mind itself. --Hickok.
Intellective
Intellective In`tel*lec"tive, a. [Cf. F. intellectif.]
1. Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or
understanding; intellectual.
2. Having power to understand, know, or comprehend;
intelligent; rational. --Glanvill.
3. Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not
by the senses.
Intellective abstractions of logic and metaphysics.
--Milton.
Intellectively
Intellectively In`tel*lec"tive*ly, adv.
In an intellective manner. [R.] ``Not intellectivelly to
write.' --Warner.
Intellectual
Intellectual In`tel*lec"tu*al, n.
The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh, Whose
higher intellectual more I shun. --Milton.
I kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise. --De
Quincey.
Intellectual
Intellectual In`tel*lec"tu*al (?; 135), a. [L. intellectualis:
cf. F. intellectuel.]
1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as,
intellectual powers, activities, etc.
Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or
intellectual powers. --I. Watts.
2. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding;
having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or
thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity;
as, an intellectual person.
Who would lose, Though full of pain, this
intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander
through eternity? --Milton.
3. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and
existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the
intellect; as, intellectual employments.
4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as,
intellectual philosophy, sometimes called ``mental'
philosophy.
Intellectualism
Intellectualism In`tel*lec"tu*al*ism, n.
1. Intellectual power; intellectuality.
2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
Intellectualist
Intellectualist In`tel*lec"tu*al*ist, n.
1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding.
[R.] --Bacon.
2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
Intellectualize
Intellectualize In`tel*lec"tu*al*ize, v. t.
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. To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities
upon; to cause to become intellectual.
Intellectually
Intellectually In`tel*lec"tu*al*ly, adv.
In an intellectual manner.
IntelligenceIntelligence In*tel"li*gence, n. [F. intelligence, L.
intelligentia, intellegentia. See Intelligent.]
1. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the
understanding.
2. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of
comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
And dimmed with darkness their intelligence.
--Spenser.
3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
Intelligence is given where you are hid. --Shak.
4. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [Obs.]
He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any
friendship with the favorites. --Clarendon.
5. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study,
research, or experience; general information.
I write as he that none intelligence Of meters hath,
ne flowers of sentence. --Court of
Love.
6. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to
pure spirits; as, a created intelligence. --Milton.
The great Intelligences fair That range above our
mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate,
Received and gave him welcome there. --Tennyson.
Intelligence office, an office where information may be
obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.
Syn: Understanding; intellect; instruction; advice; notice;
notification; news; information; report. Intelligence officeIntelligence In*tel"li*gence, n. [F. intelligence, L.
intelligentia, intellegentia. See Intelligent.]
1. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the
understanding.
2. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of
comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
And dimmed with darkness their intelligence.
--Spenser.
3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
Intelligence is given where you are hid. --Shak.
4. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [Obs.]
He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any
friendship with the favorites. --Clarendon.
5. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study,
research, or experience; general information.
I write as he that none intelligence Of meters hath,
ne flowers of sentence. --Court of
Love.
6. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to
pure spirits; as, a created intelligence. --Milton.
The great Intelligences fair That range above our
mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate,
Received and gave him welcome there. --Tennyson.
Intelligence office, an office where information may be
obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.
Syn: Understanding; intellect; instruction; advice; notice;
notification; news; information; report. Intelligencer
Intelligencer In*tel"li*gen*cer, n.
One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or
news; a messenger.
All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies,
and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that
principle. --Burke.
Intelligencing
Intelligencing In*tel"li*gen*cing, a.
Informing; giving information; talebearing. [Obs.] --Shak.
That sad intelligencing tyrant. --Milton.
Intelligency
Intelligency In*tel"li*gen*cy, n.
Intelligence. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
IntelligentIntelligent In*tel"li*gent, a. [L. intelligens, intellegens,
-entis, p. pr. of intelligere, intellegere, to perceive;
inter between + legere to gather, collect, choose: cf. F.
intelligent. See Legend.]
1. Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as,
man is an intelligent being.
2. Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment;
knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an
intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an
intelligent answer.
3. Gognizant; aware; communicate. [Obs.]
Intelligent of seasons. --Milton.
Which are to France the spies and speculations
Intelligent of our state. --Shak.
Syn: Sensible; understanding. See Sensible. Intelligential
Intelligential In*tel`li*gen"tial, a. [Cf. F. intelligentiel.]
[R.]
1. Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or
implying understanding; intellectual. ``With act
intelligential.' --Milton.
2. Consisting of unembodied mind; incorporeal.
Food alike those pure Intelligential substances
require. --Milton.
Intelligentiary
Intelligentiary In*tel`li*gen"tia*ry, n.
One who gives information; an intelligencer. [Obs.]
--Holinshed.
Intelligently
Intelligently In*tel"li*gent*ly, adv.
In an intelligent manner; with intelligence.
IntelligibleIntelligible In*tel"li*gi*ble, [L. intellegibilis: cf. F.
intelligible. See Intelligent.]
Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an
intelligible account or description; intelligible
pronunciation, writing, etc.
The intelligible forms of ancient poets. --Coleridge.
Syn: Comprehensible; perspicuous; plain; clear. Intelligibleness
Intelligibleness In*tel"li*gi*ble*ness, n.
The quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility.
--Locke.
Intelligibly
Intelligibly In*tel"li*gi*bly, adv.
In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly;
plainly; as, to write or speak intelligibly.
Misintelligence
Misintelligence Mis`in*tel"li*gence, n.
1. Wrong information; misinformation.
2. Disagreement; misunderstanding. [Obs.]
Superintellectual
Superintellectual Su`per*in`tel*lec"tu*al, a.
Being above intellect.
Unintelligence
Unintelligence Un`in*tel"li*gence, n.
Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance. --Bp.
Hall.
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