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intellect

[in-tl-ekt] Origin

in·tel·lect

[in-tl-ekt]
noun
1.
the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands, as distinguished from that by which one feels and that by which one wills; the understanding; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge.
2.
capacity for thinking and acquiring knowledge, especially of a high or complex order; mental capacity.
3.
a particular mind or intelligence, especially of a high order.
4.
a person possessing a great capacity for thought and knowledge.
5.
minds collectively, as of a number of persons or the persons themselves.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin intellēctus, equivalent to intelleg(ere) to understand + -tus suffix of v. action; see intelligent


1. reason, sense, common sense, brains. See mind.

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intellect (ˈɪntɪˌlɛkt)
 
n
1.  the capacity for understanding, thinking, and reasoning, as distinct from feeling or wishing
2.  a mind or intelligence, esp a brilliant one: his intellect is wasted on that job
3.  informal a person possessing a brilliant mind; brain
4.  those possessing the greatest mental power: the intellect of a nation
 
[C14: from Latin intellectus comprehension, intellect, from intellegere to understand; see intelligence]
 
intel'lective
 
adj
 
intel'lectively
 
adv

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intellect
late 14c., from L. intellectus "discernment, understanding," from pp. stem of intelligere "to understand, discern" (see intelligence).
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INTELLECT definition

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A query language written by Larry Harris in 1977, close to natural English.
(1995-04-14)

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