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Webster 1913 Edition

Intellect

In′tel-lect

,
Noun.
[L.
intellectus
, fr.
intelligere
,
intellectum
, to understand: cf.
intellect
. See
Intelligent
.]
1.
(Metaph.)
The part or faculty of the human mind by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intellect

IN'TELLECT

,
Noun.
[L. intellectus, from intelligo, to understand. See Intelligence.] That faculty of the human soul or mind, which receives or comprehends the ideas communicated to it by the senses or by perception, or by other means; the faculty of thinking; otherwise called the understanding. A clear intellect receives and entertains the same ideas which another communicates with perspicuity.

Definition 2024

intellect

intellect

English

Noun

intellect ‎(countable and uncountable, plural intellects)

  1. the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty (uncountable)
    Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
  2. the capacity of that faculty (in a particular person) (uncountable)
    They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.
  3. a person who has that faculty to a great degree
    Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.

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Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin intellēctus ‎(“understanding, intellect”), perfect passive participle of Latin intellegō ‎(“understand; reason”).

Noun

intellect m ‎(plural intellects)

  1. intellect

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin intellēctus ‎(“understanding, intellect”), perfect passive participle of Latin intellegō ‎(“understand; reason”), from inter ‎(“between, among”) + legō ‎(“read”), with connotation of bind.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪntəlɛkt/

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