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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intellect \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intellect n 1: knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect" [syn: {mind}] 2: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn: {reason}, {understanding}] 3: a person who uses the mind creatively [syn: {intellectual}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: INTELLECTA {query language} written by Larry Harris in 1977, close to natural English. (1995-04-14)
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