Definition of Intelect
Intellect, the faculty of clear and decisive intelligence, or of
instant and sure perception.
- Wikipedia
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding (uncountable)
Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
- that faculty in a particular person (countable)
They were chosen because of their outstanding intellects.
- a person who has that faculty in great degree
Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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