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Webster 1913 Edition

Intuition

Inˊtu-i′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
intuitus
, p. p. of
intueri
to look on;
in-
in, on +
tueri
: cf. F.
intuition
. See
Tuition
.]
1.
A looking after; a regard to.
[Obs.]
What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an
intuition
at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains.
Fuller.
2.
Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; – distinguished from “mediate” knowledge, as in reasoning;
as, the mind knows by
intuition
that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.
; quick or ready insight or apprehension.
Sagacity and a nameless something more, – let us call it
intuition
.
Hawthorne.
3.
Any object or truth discerned by intuition.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intuition

INTUI'TION

,
Noun.
[L. intuitus, intueor; in and tueor.]
A looking on; a sight or view; but restricted to mental view or perception. Particularly and appropriately,the act by which the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas, or the truth of things, immediately, or the moment they are presented, without the intervention of other ideas, or without reasoning and deduction.
We know by intuition, that a part is less than the whole.

Definition 2024

intuïtion

intuïtion

See also: intuition and Intuition

English

Noun

intuïtion

  1. (pedantic) Alternative spelling of intuition

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