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intelligential

[in-tel-i-jen-shuhl]

adjective

of or pertaining to the intelligence or understanding.

endowed with intelligence.

conveying information.

Origin:
1605–15; < Latin intelligenti(a) intelligence + -al¹

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intelligence (ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns)

—n
1.	the capacity for understanding; ability to perceive and comprehend meaning
2.	good mental capacity: a person of intelligence
3.	old-fashioned news; information
4.	military information about enemies, spies, etc
5.	a group or department that gathers or deals with such information
6.	(often capital) an intelligent being, esp one that is not embodied
7.	(modifier) of or relating to intelligence: an intelligence network

[C14: from Latin intellegentia, from intellegere to discern, comprehend, literally: choose between, from inter- + legere to choose]

intelli'gential

—*adj*

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